HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Heartland Alliance

bd_23693f388b81a2c9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Dec 19, 2022

To disclose

11 days

Affected · nationwide

54,9143 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Heartland Alliance →

Heartland Alliance, a non-profit organization, reported a data breach that affected 54,914 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The breach, an external system hacking incident, occurred between January 2, 2022, and January 26, 2022, and was discovered on December 8, 2022. The compromised information included names or other personal identifiers in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, along with their security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. Affected individuals were notified in writing on December 15, 2022. Heartland Alliance offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX, which includes credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d11 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 340 days

discovery → filing · 11 days

Jan 2, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Dec 19, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by suncrypt about this victim predates this filing by 314 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesuncryptbd_1a3971abe2a982d02022-02-08 · +314dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_31e23de4816652062022-12-20 · +1dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_963896305dc6be8e2022-12-20 · +1dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_20a1841af7afcb622022-12-15 · +4dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_3c5fa381cd03cff22022-12-15 · +4dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 41d gap

Illinois State AGbd_55fec449238b07222023-01-01 · +13dVerified
HHS OCRbd_b0e2c2a30977a5c82022-11-08 · +41dCandidate

Name: Heartland Alliance
norm: heartland alliance

Name: Heartland Alliance
norm: heartland alliance

Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 2, 2022 – Jan 26, 2022
Undetected for: 340 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 54,914state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and identity protection services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dME AG ≤30d · 11d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Dec 19, 2022
11d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG: Dec 19, 2022	11d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRNov 8 · first

Montana State AG+37d

Indiana State AG+37d

Maine State AG+41d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+42d

Massachusetts State AG+42d

Illinois State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Nov 8 (IL), last Jan 1 (IL) — a 54-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-a1252b4f8318/60b84791-9913-422f-a451-c747eb4ea2d4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 19, 2022
Raw hash: f9d19368986ab7993bd5c8f335617cba48673a7959d7e0b35a70682a17091913

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeartland Alliance

Victim entityHeartland Alliance

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX, including credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, and identity protection services.

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov