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HackingInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 15, 2020

Filed

Oct 9, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,9329 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC →4 incidents on file

Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between June 3, 2020, and June 17, 2020. The breach was discovered on August 15, 2020. The incident affected 4,932 individuals in total, including 9 residents of Maine. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on October 7, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 15, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 9, 202055d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 73 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Jun 3, 2020

Begins

Aug 15, 2020

Discovered

Oct 9, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGOct 9 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (ME), last Oct 20 (NH) — a 11-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.