HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Forward Air Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 15, 2020

Filed

Sep 28, 2021

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Forward Air Corp →3 incidents on file

Forward Air Corporation notified the NH AG of a data event affecting 3 NH residents. Suspicious activity detected Dec 15, 2020; systems accessed Nov-Dec 2020. Data included PII and financial info. Investigation ongoing. Credit monitoring offered.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 44 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Nov 1, 2020

Begins

Dec 15, 2020

Discovered

Sep 28, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by hades about this victim predates this filing by 287 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehadesbd_69daca6e5bc59daa2020-12-15 · +287dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4e519c8e4352ad1e2021-09-24 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9366040c480f58172021-09-24 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_942507cd1a8b43cc2021-09-24 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9f6be7535a79c40c2021-09-24 · +4dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 321d gap

California State AGbd_b222ea320c8293ed2021-09-24 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_f364a48b4e1da9442021-09-24 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_bb0159aed9dd5ed62021-01-01 · +270dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3124749f0e44aa02020-11-16 · +316dVerified
Maine State AGbd_08f5bdd8be02662b2020-11-11 · +321dCandidate

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Forward Air Corp
norm: forward air

Name: Forward Air Corp
norm: forward air
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Dec 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 24, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Provided written notice of this incident to affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding data privacy
Evaluating additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGNov 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Illinois State AG+51d

Maine State AG+317d

Montana State AG+317d

Massachusetts State AG+317d

Maine State AG+317d

California State AG+317d

Indiana State AG+317d

New Hampshire State AG+321d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 321-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/forward-air-20210928.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 28, 2021
Raw hash: e6391fab8786d6fabbd0acfa20aeff5b59a561df999d32106fd30ffaa494fc9a

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityForward Air Corp

Victim entityForward Air Corp

Incidentdiscovered Dec 15, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov