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Ohio Historical Society

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 9, 2023

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,60016 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Ohio Historical Society →3 incidents on file

The Ohio Historical Society reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on July 9, 2023. The breach, which was discovered the same day, affected 16 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers and their associated security codes or PINs. The organization began notifying affected individuals in writing on August 23, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX/Zerofox.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 9, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 23, 202345d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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 · 6 weeks / 45 days

Jul 9, 2023

Begins

Jul 9, 2023

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGAug 23 · first
Vermont State AGAug 23 · first
Maine State AGAug 23 · 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.