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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Gemstone Publishing

bd_5fa7f242e961f71f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 10, 2021

Filed

Aug 25, 2022

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3943 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Gemstone Publishing →

Gemstone Publishing, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 3 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred between November 2 and November 5, 2021, was discovered on December 10, 2021. An external actor gained unauthorized access to systems, acquiring names and Social Security numbers. Gemstone notified affected individuals on August 24, 2022, and offered one year of identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 10, 2021 → Filed with AG Aug 25, 2022258d ✗ ME AG >90d37 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 · 38 days
discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 258 days

Nov 2, 2021

Begins

Dec 10, 2021

Discovered

Aug 25, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGAug 24 · first
Maine State AG+1d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+2d

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.