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ebm-papst Inc.

bd_540f5cb97218da7f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2022

Filed

Apr 6, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4492 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for ebm-papst Inc. →

ebm-papst, Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between February 3, 2022, and February 5, 2022. The breach was discovered on March 4, 2022. The compromised information includes names or other personal identifiers in combination with Driver's License or Non-Driver Identification Card Numbers. The incident affected 2 Maine residents. The company provided written notification to the affected individuals on April 6, 2022, and offered two years of identity theft protection services through Experian, including credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 4, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 6, 202233d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 29 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Feb 3, 2022

Begins

Mar 4, 2022

Discovered

Apr 6, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 6 · first
Maine State AGApr 6 · 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.