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Amtrak

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 24, 2020

Filed

Nov 4, 2020

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

49,289214 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Amtrak →4 incidents on file

On July 24, 2020, National Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) discovered an external system breach that occurred on the same day. The breach affected 49,289 individuals. Amtrak provided written notification to affected consumers on November 5, 2020, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 24, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 4, 2020103d ✗ ME AG >90d15 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 · 15 weeks / 103 days

Jul 24, 2020

Begins

Jul 24, 2020

Discovered

Nov 4, 2020

Filed

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

California State AGbd_970e71f598be3db92020-11-04Verified
Washington State AGbd_f2ad5e3d1d8ef1412020-11-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_00fb63d5aaac710b2020-11-05 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3dca81f577463bc32020-11-09 · +5dVerified

Name: Amtrak
norm: amtrak
Domain: amtrak.com

Name: Amtrak
norm: amtrak
Domain: amtrak.com
Industry: Transportation & LogisticsllmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jul 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Jul 24, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2020
Affected individuals: 49,289state + nationwide
Data types: —
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(103 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 103dME resident >60d · 104d
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: Jul 24, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 4, 2020
103d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 24, 2020
→ Notified: Nov 5, 2020
104d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 24, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 4, 2020	103d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 24, 2020 → Notified: Nov 5, 2020	104d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGNov 4 · first

Washington State AGNov 4 · first

Maine State AGNov 4 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 4 (CA), last Nov 9 (NH) — a 5-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/d8426958-299c-4776-8241-c722acbb105c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 4, 2020
Raw hash: 123cda5c5b3fa365816fb5ffca9a0c324bcea8609197199cfc7262b82d7cbece

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmtrak

Victim entityAmtrak

Incidentdiscovered Jul 24, 2020

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov