HackingInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Sterling Valley Systems, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 18, 2022

Filed

Apr 21, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

17,952173 in this filing

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sterling Valley Systems, Inc →3 incidents on file

Sterling Valley Systems, doing business as Inntopia, experienced an external system breach lasting from October 9, 2021, to February 18, 2022. The company discovered the incident on February 18, 2022. The breach compromised the names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with access codes) of 173 Maine residents. Affected individuals were notified on April 21, 2022, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 18, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 21, 202262d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 132 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Oct 9, 2021

Begins

Feb 18, 2022

Discovered

Apr 21, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_117fb177a3acd0872022-04-18 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3329fd7ee3c19b982022-04-25 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3f3a1da6ae2e88992022-04-15 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_9668e3d8e4baa4ea2022-04-12 · +9dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 36d gap

Washington State AGbd_3de66c5861cbb88f2022-04-05 · +16dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_4a93c6f54f43e3b42022-04-05 · +16dVerified
Montana State AGbd_b45eab07f9b5a9502022-04-05 · +16dVerified
California State AGbd_0c1dfe4431a0c3dc2022-05-23 · +32dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0e2ce416aaa7f2ea2022-05-23 · +32dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f47f9bc3b239437d2022-05-27 · +36dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: Sterling Valley Systems, Inc
norm: sterling valley

Name: Sterling Valley Systems, Inc
norm: sterling valley
Also named: Sterling Valley Systemsdba oflegal entity
Inntopiadba oftrade name

Discovered: Feb 18, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2021 – Feb 18, 2022
Undetected for: 132 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 17,952state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services provided by Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 62d
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: Feb 18, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Apr 21, 2022
62d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 18, 2022 → Filed with AG: Apr 21, 2022	62d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGApr 5 · first

Maine State AGApr 5 · first

Montana State AGApr 5 · first

Maine State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Maine State AG+16d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+20d

California State AG+48d

Maine State AG+48d

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Apr 5 (WA), last May 27 (NH) — a 52-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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/ebf54954-6224-4fd9-8136-6f0e91503dcb.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2022
Raw hash: d704b23b2a995177bcd3f5e47d785bf2e438c8daef4ef978fffedcb034f950a0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySterling Valley Systems, Inc

Victim entitySterling Valley Systems, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov