HackingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Carolina Eastern, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 11, 2021

Filed

Jul 27, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,18715 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Carolina Eastern, Inc. →

Carolina Eastern experienced an external system breach on April 26, 2021, discovered on May 11, 2021. The breach affected 15 Maine residents, compromising names and driver's license numbers. The company offered two years of identity and credit monitoring services through Experian to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 11, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 27, 202177d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 15 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 77 days

Apr 26, 2021

Begins

May 11, 2021

Discovered

Jul 27, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_32d72e5f9dd8c4b92021-07-27Verified
Montana State AGDarkSidebd_76eedf21a8b032222021-07-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGDarkSidebd_490d38b0e32f00c62021-07-30 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_cbef747a72dbc3022021-05-27 · +61dCandidate

Name: Carolina Eastern, Inc.
norm: carolina eastern

Name: Carolina Eastern, Inc.
norm: carolina eastern

Discovered: May 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 26, 2021
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,187state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers.
Arranged to provide two years of identity/credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.
Changes made: Provided two years of identity/credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian at no cost.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(77 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 77d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 11, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jul 27, 2021
77d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 11, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jul 27, 2021	77d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 27 · first

Massachusetts State AG+61d

Montana State AG+61d

Maine State AG+61d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+64d

Pattern: first filing May 27 (IN), last Jul 30 (NH) — a 64-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/f3c9c52b-de71-4998-bd44-c1d90a2b9ce5.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2021
Raw hash: e1fd82000677616afbe9a362a55c15db004da1b883a869429abc2e981838e2c9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Eastern, Inc.

Victim entityCarolina Eastern, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov