MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

C.E. Niehoff & Company

bd_6a8aff16ee7dbab5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 12, 2021

Filed

Dec 23, 2021

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,5091 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for C.E. Niehoff & Company →

C.E. Niehoff & Co. reported a ransomware incident affecting 1,509 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The breach occurred between September 9 and 12, 2021, compromising names and Social Security Numbers. The company notified affected individuals in writing on December 23, 2021, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 12, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 23, 2021102d ✗ ME AG >90d15 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Sep 9, 2021

Begins

Sep 12, 2021

Discovered

Dec 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

HHS OCRbd_20f054c7e041c61e2021-12-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_63922874a05f007c2021-12-23Verified
Illinois State AGbd_cd66058a9f75ed4f2021-01-01 · +356dCandidate

Name: C.E. Niehoff & Company
norm: ce niehoff

Name: C.E. Niehoff & Company
norm: ce niehoff
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 12, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 9, 2021 – Sep 12, 2021
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,509state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 102d
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: Sep 12, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Dec 23, 2021
102d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 12, 2021 → Filed with AG: Dec 23, 2021	102d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+356d

Indiana State AG+356d

Maine State AG+356d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 23 (ME) — a 356-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/bd310646-5018-4bf0-aae5-9f9431b0044a.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2021
Raw hash: e9495a655a5eeaa2f6c01434e67d2282600356f5e2e63083a01b33411a229a18

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityC.E. Niehoff & Company

Victim entityC.E. Niehoff & Company

Incidentdiscovered Sep 12, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov