HackingHospitalityHospitalityData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Columbia Hospitality, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 30, 2024

Filed

Jan 21, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,5143 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Columbia Hospitality, LLC →2 incidents on file

Columbia Hospitality, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) on July 30, 2024, affecting 4,514 individuals nationwide, including 3 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to personal information, including names and Social Security numbers. Columbia engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 30, 2024 → Filed with AG Jan 21, 2025175d ✗ ME AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Jul 30, 2024

Begins

Jul 30, 2024

Discovered

Jan 21, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_38da5cf4145f53bf2025-01-21Verified
Washington State AGbd_6fb4ddb9eb065d5f2025-01-21Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_7be19f68cd7093112025-01-21Verified
Vermont State AGbd_986671fdf8cc2eea2025-01-21Verified

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Montana State AGbd_a9344c33bcce81362025-01-21Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7e79936124144a472025-01-17 · +4dVerified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: Columbia Hospitality, LLC
norm: columbia hospitality
Industry: Hospitalityllm

Discovered: Jul 30, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 30, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 4,514state + 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: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained an independent computer forensic investigator
Notified the FBI
Enhanced the security of its network
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Enhanced network security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 175dME resident >60d · 171d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 30, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jan 21, 2025
175d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 30, 2024
→ Notified: Jan 17, 2025
171d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 30, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jan 21, 2025	175d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 30, 2024 → Notified: Jan 17, 2025	171d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGJan 17 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Washington State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Vermont State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d · this page

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/ead30118-532f-49a7-81b9-550115367f7f.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 21, 2025
Raw hash: 4d15df36de91800329f08bd7ad3fcdf5bdc7fcc7613ea970e5ba9fdffcacecb2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityColumbia Hospitality, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 30, 2024

Stated responseRetained an independent computer forensic investigator

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov