HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Tom James Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 20, 2022

Filed

Feb 17, 2023

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8,6562 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tom James Company →

Tom James Company, a custom clothing retailer, experienced an external system breach (hacking) that occurred between July 28, 2022, and August 23, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 20, 2022. The incident affected 8,656 individuals in total, compromising names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on February 17, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 20, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 17, 2023181d ⏱ ME AG >30d26 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 · 23 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Jul 28, 2022

Begins

Aug 20, 2022

Discovered

Feb 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_5f091cf4bf5858812023-02-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_678d9dcd02ad63462023-02-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dbf04af71d99807f2023-02-17Verified
Montana State AGbd_dec2114b968e344d2023-02-17Verified

Name: Tom James Company
norm: tom james

Name: Tom James Company
norm: tom james
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 28, 2022 – Aug 23, 2022
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 8,656state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified affected consumers in writing
Provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 181dME resident >60d · 181d
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: Aug 20, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 17, 2023
181d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 20, 2022
→ Notified: Feb 17, 2023
181d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 20, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 17, 2023	181d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 20, 2022 → Notified: Feb 17, 2023	181d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 17 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 17 · first

Montana State AGFeb 17 · first

Maine State AGFeb 17 · 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-a1252b4f8318/27019dd0-d958-4c8c-9301-be7355fa4314.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2023
Raw hash: 7a2490609a679cb077f423f0c1204ebad15cfdc190d1ba5088b0c1224011264c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTom James Company

Victim entityTom James Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2022

Stated responseNotified affected consumers in writing

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov