HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighResolved

TOPS Staffing

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 7, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,1181 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for TOPS Staffing →

TOPS Staffing reported an external system breach that occurred from June 7, 2021, to October 6, 2021, and was discovered on June 7, 2021. The breach affected one Maine resident, compromising their name and driver's license or non-driver identification card number. The company offered credit monitoring and identity theft services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 7, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 2021151d ✗ ME AG >90d22 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 · 22 weeks / 151 days

Jun 7, 2021

Begins

Jun 7, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_bd7cb1fc959620752021-11-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_d1929bfc6c16b1af2021-11-05Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_dfcbfda7f186f2de2021-11-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c200dcabdf26e18a2022-03-11 · +126dVerified

Name: TOPS Staffing
norm: tops staffing

Name: TOPS Staffing
norm: tops staffing
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 7, 2021 – Oct 6, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 7,118state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered credit monitoring and identity theft services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 151dME resident >60d · 151d
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: Jun 7, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021
151d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jun 7, 2021
→ Notified: Nov 5, 2021
151d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 7, 2021 → Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021	151d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jun 7, 2021 → Notified: Nov 5, 2021	151d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+126d

Pattern: first filing Nov 5 (IN), last Mar 11 (NH) — a 126-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-a1252b4f8318/99373a19-4e2e-4754-849b-1e6725df5761.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: 61c2754155321691bff3fbf68845cb4a562553e40b79571a1bf038a45f21acef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTOPS Staffing

Victim entityTOPS Staffing

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2021

Stated responseOffered credit monitoring and identity theft services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov