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MalwareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Premier Needle Arts

bd_79dccb3f9fb215aa · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 3, 2022

Filed

Mar 8, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,02616 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Premier Needle Arts →

Premier Needle Arts reported a ransomware incident that occurred on August 22, 2021, and was discovered on February 3, 2022. The breach affected 16 Maine residents, compromising their names and financial account information, including credit/debit card numbers with security codes. The company provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Equifax to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 3, 2022 → Filed with AG Mar 8, 202233d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks 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 · 165 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Aug 22, 2021

Begins

Feb 3, 2022

Discovered

Mar 8, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGMar 8 · first
Indiana State AGMar 8 · first
Maine State AGMar 8 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+1d

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.