HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cardo Systems Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 28, 2025

Filed

Mar 14, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

321 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cardo Systems Inc. →

Cardo Systems, Inc. reported an unauthorized access to a single employee email account on January 28, 2025. The breach affected 32 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. The company contained the incident, reset credentials, added security controls, and offered 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 28, 2025 → Filed with AG Mar 14, 202545d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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 · 6 weeks / 45 days

Jan 28, 2025

Begins

Jan 28, 2025

Discovered

Mar 14, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed32 affectedView incident

Name: Cardo Systems Inc.
norm: cardo systems

Name: Cardo Systems Inc.
norm: cardo systems
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jan 28, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 28, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 14, 2025
Affected individuals: 32state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately removed access by the unidentified third party
Reset the email password
Added additional security controls to the email account
Offered complimentary 12-month membership to Equifax’s credit monitoring services
Changes made: Added additional security controls to the email account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 45d
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: Jan 28, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Mar 14, 2025
45d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 28, 2025 → Filed with AG: Mar 14, 2025	45d	30 days (soft)	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-a1252b4f8318/535ada05-c13d-4864-8415-0d7db6c638b8.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2025
Raw hash: 91714a748f758b10179c991c3a170d6f76522d1da849cacf952aac711949ddb6

Reporting entityCardo Systems Inc.

Victim entityCardo Systems Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 28, 2025

Stated responseImmediately removed access by the unidentified third party

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov