HackingTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

United Wheels Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 7, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

6,17111 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for United Wheels Inc. →

United Wheels Inc. reported a data breach impacting 11 Maine residents following an external hacking incident that occurred between June 29 and June 30, 2021. The breach was discovered on October 7, 2021. The compromised data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes, access codes, or PINs. Affected individuals were notified on November 5, 2021, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 7, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 202129d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 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 · 100 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jun 29, 2021

Begins

Oct 7, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5a31a22dd9308bc52021-11-05Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9942e1327d045e992021-11-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1539bb6ca6d982c72021-11-09 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_89f406343277e92c2021-11-12 · +7dVerified

Name: United Wheels Inc.
norm: united wheels

Name: United Wheels Inc.
norm: united wheels

Discovered: Oct 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2021 – Jun 30, 2021
Undetected for: 100 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 6,171state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
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: Oct 7, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 7, 2021 → Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGNov 5 · first

Indiana State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 5 (MT), last Nov 12 (MA) — a 7-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/e78d5346-fbd6-43f2-9915-25db67efd4da.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2021
Raw hash: f110017ada82451d4572eb3e9c425912ffac7c903565efacf3242eeb8634297b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUnited Wheels Inc.

Victim entityUnited Wheels Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 7, 2021

Stated responseOffered 24 months of identity theft protection services through IDX

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov