MalwareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

bd_766e0953ceaa327c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2020

Filed

Sep 16, 2020

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

85,21215 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. →

The Long & Foster Companies, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on August 22, 2020, discovered the same day. The incident compromised names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with associated security codes or PINs. The company notified 15 affected Maine residents on September 15, 2020, and offered 24 months of identity protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 22, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 16, 202025d ✓ ME AG ≤30d25 days 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 days

Aug 22, 2020

Begins

Aug 22, 2020

Discovered

Sep 16, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19619fbf7d1943c42020-09-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_5c28b38b9a3210d42020-09-15 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_efcfa7b3c43219692020-09-15 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e3cc11ab4a21208e2020-09-21 · +5dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 82d gap

Delaware State AGbd_0e4f7cc333861c242020-12-01 · +76dVerified
Maine State AGbd_59c056781148cbf22020-12-01 · +76dVerified
California State AGbd_86c32d4710cbe0912020-12-01 · +76dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6178d3b08109a18b2020-12-07 · +82dVerified

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies

Name: The Long & Foster Companies, Inc.
norm: the long foster companies

Discovered: Aug 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 22, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2020
Affected individuals: 85,212state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offered 24 months of LifeLock Defender Choice identity protection, including credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Sent written notification to affected consumers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 25d
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: Aug 22, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 16, 2020
25d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 22, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 16, 2020	25d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGSep 15 · first

Indiana State AGSep 15 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Delaware State AG+77d

Maine State AG+77d

California State AG+77d

New Hampshire State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (MT), last Dec 7 (NH) — a 83-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-a1252b4f8318/2b7b591b-9ef5-4c85-acaf-0c216cf7b03e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 16, 2020
Raw hash: 70f40700acbd1cc41328b1b5bf13438c77a36fa1224eb797da5c0d1385781528

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Victim entityThe Long & Foster Companies, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2020

Stated responseOffered 24 months of LifeLock Defender Choice identity protection, including credit monitoring and identity restoration services

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov