HackingOtherCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

CKF Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Feb 16, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,2912 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CKF Inc. →2 incidents on file

CKF Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) on 12/08/2022, affecting 2,291 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The breach compromised names and financial account/credit card numbers. CKF Inc. notified affected individuals on 01/20/2023 and provided 24 months of identity theft protection services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 16, 202370d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 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 · 10 weeks / 70 days

Dec 8, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Feb 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,291 affectedView incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim predates this filing by 76 days.View originating leak claim

Name: CKF Inc.
norm: ckf
Domain: ckfinc.com

Name: CKF Inc.
norm: ckf
Domain: ckfinc.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 8, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 20, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,291state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through Equifax
Changes made: Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 70dLeak >30d
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: Dec 8, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 16, 2023
70d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 8, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 16, 2023	70d	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-a1252b4f8318/132e26e4-4924-48f8-a80e-db5d9020febc.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2023
Raw hash: c409c25e08a488fdebeb60ef3db9fa9f25fce5215f447db3628459fafeca66db

Reporting entityCKF Inc.

Victim entityCKF Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov