HackingCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Chaney Electronics, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 26, 2022

Filed

Sep 19, 2022

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

3,60013 in this filing

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Chaney Electronics, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Chaney Electronics, Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between September 18, 2020, and February 3, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 26, 2022. The compromised information includes names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes or PINs. The breach affected 13 Maine residents, who were notified on September 16, 2022. The company offered 12 months of identity theft protection services to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 26, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 19, 202224d ✓ ME AG ≤30d24 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 · 707 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Sep 18, 2020

Begins

Aug 26, 2022

Discovered

Sep 19, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,600 affectedView incident

Name: Chaney Electronics, Inc.
norm: chaney electronics

Name: Chaney Electronics, Inc.
norm: chaney electronics

Discovered: Aug 26, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 18, 2020 – Feb 3, 2022
Undetected for: 707 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 3,600state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 24d
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: Aug 26, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 19, 2022
24d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 26, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 19, 2022	24d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-a1252b4f8318/7117edb9-02d6-4f30-8091-ad2e13c20ed0.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2022
Raw hash: 32de04c48ee9e117533227aacce89c79b86b0a3688841229c4ccab4735f40f53

Reporting entityChaney Electronics, Inc.

Victim entityChaney Electronics, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 26, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov