HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Discovery Clothing Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 3, 2022

Filed

Dec 29, 2022

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,5101 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Discovery Clothing Company →

Discovery Clothing Company experienced an external system breach (hacking) on October 3, 2022, compromising the names and Social Security Numbers of 6,510 individuals, including one Maine resident. The company notified affected consumers in writing on December 28, 2022, and provided one year of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 3, 2022 → Filed with AG Dec 29, 202287d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 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 · 12 weeks / 87 days

Oct 3, 2022

Begins

Oct 3, 2022

Discovered

Dec 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_90f0da89ff3e88352022-12-28 · +1dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins
Industry: professional_services

Name: Discovery Clothing Company
norm: discovery clothing
Industry: retail_consumer
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 3, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 6,510state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with the Maine Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered one year of identity theft protection services provided by Kroll including credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 87dME resident >60d · 86d
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: Oct 3, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Dec 29, 2022
87d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 3, 2022
→ Notified: Dec 28, 2022
86d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 3, 2022 → Filed with AG: Dec 29, 2022	87d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 3, 2022 → Notified: Dec 28, 2022	86d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGDec 28 · first

Maine State AG+1d · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/1f4fbfd8-0ef1-486c-8aa9-e4d531408cd1.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2022
Raw hash: 176d763a5dbe565e451174ac96a4b2d52da16e7f94fd5f469a520994b09da15e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityDiscovery Clothing Company

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov