HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Stephen Gould Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 19, 2020

Filed

May 18, 2021

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,1312 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Stephen Gould Corporation →

Stephen Gould Corporation experienced an external system breach (hacking) between August 25, 2020, and September 19, 2020, which was discovered on the latter date. The incident compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 2 Maine residents. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on May 18, 2021, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 19, 2020 → Filed with AG May 18, 2021241d ✗ ME AG >90d34 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 241 days

Aug 25, 2020

Begins

Sep 19, 2020

Discovered

May 18, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_8d128ee889edfa3c2021-05-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_9b310b62ef34ae482021-05-18Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_ea58616d974a8e1a2021-05-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_50dfd587c641aa6c2021-05-24 · +6dVerified

Name: Stephen Gould Corporation
norm: stephen gould

Name: Stephen Gould Corporation
norm: stephen gould

Discovered: Sep 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2020 – Sep 19, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 18, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,131state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of identity monitoring services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(241 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 241dME resident >60d · 241d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 19, 2020
→ Filed with AG: May 18, 2021
241d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 19, 2020
→ Notified: May 18, 2021
241d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 19, 2020 → Filed with AG: May 18, 2021	241d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 19, 2020 → Notified: May 18, 2021	241d	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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Indiana State AGMay 18 · first

Montana State AGMay 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 18 · first

Maine State AGMay 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing May 18 (IN), last May 24 (NH) — a 6-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/dff8fb13-783c-40f2-95dd-2eec1ac86b30.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2021
Raw hash: 9194b27b8700e26c915c1164fd817d11efb984a38c645ca3de91f05b8b1fabb8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStephen Gould Corporation

Victim entityStephen Gould Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Sep 19, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov