HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDPIIMediumContained

Worldwide Marketing Technologies Corp

bd_1ed23f290d26d446 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 25, 2022

Filed

Sep 29, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8457 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Worldwide Marketing Technologies Corp →

Worldwide Marketing Technologies Corp. experienced an external system breach (hacking) on July 25, 2022, affecting 845 individuals, including 7 Maine residents. The breach involved the acquisition of names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notification and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 25, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 29, 202266d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jul 25, 2022

Begins

Jul 25, 2022

Discovered

Sep 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_c5be7c220d7130d62022-09-13 · +16dVerified
Montana State AGbd_4b013e2e3e632bfd2022-09-12 · +17dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_8f033e1ccf1a60622022-09-12 · +17dVerified

Name: Biblical Ministries Worldwide
norm: biblical ministries

Name: Worldwide Marketing Technologies Corp
norm: worldwide marketing
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jul 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 845state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 1 Year of Credit Monitoring and Identity Theft Protection Services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 66d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 25, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 29, 2022
66d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 25, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 29, 2022	66d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGSep 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+17d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 12 (MT), last Sep 29 (ME) — a 17-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/094e8af5-e275-4309-9911-edf2a4499d84.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 29, 2022
Raw hash: c96583ec55b780eec72e9878d345118babf994d6548554bd94801366bd5173f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBiblical Ministries Worldwide

Victim entityWorldwide Marketing Technologies Corp

Incidentdiscovered Jul 25, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov