HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

LANE AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 14, 2025

Filed

Mar 12, 2025

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

4,4601 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LANE AUTOMOTIVE, INC. →

Lane Automotive, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on or around March 25, 2023, discovered on February 14, 2025. Approximately 4,460 individuals were affected, including 1 Maine resident. Personal information, including names and government identifiers, was accessed. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 14, 2025 → Filed with AG Mar 12, 202526d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 days 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 · 692 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Mar 25, 2023

Begins

Feb 14, 2025

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maryland State AGbd_1eee39d319c1079d2025-03-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_47148909cc6c1a942025-03-12Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_0537a561a9f22ed42025-03-25 · +13dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: LANE AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
norm: lane automotive
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 25, 2023
Undetected for: 692 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 4,460state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Providing 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 26d
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: Feb 14, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Mar 12, 2025
26d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 14, 2025 → Filed with AG: Mar 12, 2025	26d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maryland State AGMar 12 · first

Indiana State AGMar 12 · first

Maine State AGMar 12 · first · this page

Nebraska State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Mar 12 (MD), last Mar 25 (NE) — a 13-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/a4cecf9f-280b-4bfd-a9dd-f8f5e68780a9.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 12, 2025
Raw hash: 8137eba87c5212ef01b1d8626f3bc928309e2ba9b4ee753edd4dab9a63ca4266

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityLANE AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 14, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov