HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Forward Air Corp

bd_6fde036c7507455d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 24, 2020

Filed

Nov 11, 2020

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Forward Air Corp →3 incidents on file

Forward Air Corporation notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between June 20-26, 2020. The incident was discovered on June 24, 2020. Personal information, including names and addresses, was accessed. Forward Air engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 140 days

Jun 20, 2020

Begins

Jun 24, 2020

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehadesbd_69daca6e5bc59daa2020-12-15 · +34dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a3124749f0e44aa02020-11-16 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_bb0159aed9dd5ed62021-01-01 · +51dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_4e519c8e4352ad1e2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9366040c480f58172021-09-24 · +317dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_942507cd1a8b43cc2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9f6be7535a79c40c2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
California State AGbd_b222ea320c8293ed2021-09-24 · +317dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_f364a48b4e1da9442021-09-24 · +317dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b984181509b96682021-09-28 · +321dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: The Forward
norm: the forward
Domain: forward.com

Name: Forward Air Corp
norm: forward air
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 20, 2020 – Jun 26, 2020
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notifying state regulators, as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure the accounts
Began an investigation
Working with third-party forensic investigators
Reset the account password
Offering you complimentary access to twelve (12) months of credit monitoring, fraud consultation and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Review our existing policies and procedures
Implement additional safeguards
Provide additional training to our employees on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(140 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGNov 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Illinois State AG+51d

Maine State AG+317d

Montana State AG+317d

Massachusetts State AG+317d

Maine State AG+317d

California State AG+317d

Indiana State AG+317d

New Hampshire State AG+321d

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (MT), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 321-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/fwdSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 11, 2020
Raw hash: 2161de745985fafd14b26488b760c577c7fd31b7af85c1291ad8d37df857336f

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Forward

Victim entityForward Air Corp

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2020

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov