HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

PPA Holdings, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2022

Filed

Jul 19, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

34,47772 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PPA Holdings, Inc. →3 incidents on file

PPA Holdings, Inc. (operating as Filters Now, LLC) reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between July 23, 2019, and March 8, 2022, discovered on May 31, 2022. The incident compromised names and financial account/credit card numbers (with security codes/PINs) for 34,477 individuals, including 72 Maine residents. Written notification was sent on July 19, 2022. No identity theft protection services were offered. The breach was reported to the Maine Attorney General.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 31, 2022 → Filed with AG Jul 19, 202249d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks 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 · 1043 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jul 23, 2019

Begins

May 31, 2022

Discovered

Jul 19, 2022

Filed

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This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_88d33dc089b6262e2022-07-19Verified
California State AGbd_96fd30ff048e46322022-07-19Verified
Washington State AGbd_b7c61c9dfd8378042022-07-19Verified

Name: Freudenberg Filtration Technologies LP
norm: freudenberg filtration

Name: PPA Holdings, Inc.
norm: ppa holdings
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: May 31, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 23, 2019 – Mar 8, 2022
Undetected for: 1,043 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 34,477state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 49d
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 31, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jul 19, 2022
49d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 31, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jul 19, 2022	49d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJul 19 · first

California State AGJul 19 · first

Washington State AGJul 19 · first

Maine State AGJul 19 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/211f27d8-24e5-447a-b40c-a597e0e7d4e8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 19, 2022
Raw hash: 6a2f37ee9d35cf8bd7937e03dcb4a3e87bd56c61bbfd6ca07d99ec1910eb5f2d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFreudenberg Filtration Technologies LP

Victim entityPPA Holdings, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov