HackingManufacturingManufacturingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

M.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 16, 2024

Filed

May 31, 2024

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

4,3592 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for M.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc. →

M.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 2 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on December 12, 2023, and was discovered on May 16, 2024, was described as an external system breach or hacking incident. The compromised information included names and financial account numbers with associated access codes. The company notified affected individuals on May 31, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion/Cyberscout.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 16, 2024 → Filed with AG May 31, 202415d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 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 · 156 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Dec 12, 2023

Begins

May 16, 2024

Discovered

May 31, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_b6ad2ec8bea7828e2024-06-03 · +3dVerified

Name: M.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc.
norm: ma ford manufacturing

Name: M.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc.
norm: ma ford manufacturing
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: May 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2023
Undetected for: 156 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 31, 2024
Affected individuals: 4,359state + 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 credit monitoring and identity protection services from TransUnion/Cyberscout.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 15d
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: May 16, 2024
→ Filed with AG: May 31, 2024
15d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 16, 2024 → Filed with AG: May 31, 2024	15d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGMay 31 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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-a1252b4f8318/84d6c245-1574-401b-a3d0-70dbe23f550d.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2024
Raw hash: 0553d21cd2d1b25d477859020c59fa96a8b158e8c78a822632d8e6c596c497b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityM.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Victim entityM.A. Ford Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 16, 2024

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services from TransUnion/Cyberscout.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov