MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2020

Filed

Dec 1, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9,93410 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. →

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. reported a ransomware incident on August 22, 2020, affecting 9,934 individuals, including 10 Maine residents. The breach compromised names and financial account/credit card numbers. The company provided 24 months of LifeLock identity protection services to affected consumers.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 22, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 1, 2020101d ✗ ME AG >90d14 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 · 14 weeks / 101 days

Aug 22, 2020

Begins

Aug 22, 2020

Discovered

Dec 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_0e4f7cc333861c242020-12-01Verified
California State AGbd_86c32d4710cbe0912020-12-01Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6178d3b08109a18b2020-12-07 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e3cc11ab4a21208e2020-09-21 · +71dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 77d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19619fbf7d1943c42020-09-16 · +76dVerified
Maine State AGbd_766e0953ceaa327c2020-09-16 · +76dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5c28b38b9a3210d42020-09-15 · +77dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_efcfa7b3c43219692020-09-15 · +77dVerified

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 22, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 9,934state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General's office

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 24 months of LifeLock Defender Choice identity protection, including credit monitoring and identity restoration services provided by NortonLifeLock, Inc.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 101d
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: Aug 22, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 1, 2020
101d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 22, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 1, 2020	101d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGSep 15 · first

Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Delaware State AG+77d

California State AG+77d

Maine State AG+77d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (MT), last Dec 7 (NH) — a 83-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-a1252b4f8318/20943ebf-c120-40d9-9c7a-0c3213c68517.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 1, 2020
Raw hash: 964b8619106c17cb397de76f81cff745f921c995a0f885f9a2d377bdf8945485

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Victim entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov