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Ohio Lottery

bd_8871114eb5c42899 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Apr 5, 2024

Filed

May 9, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

538,95956 in this filing

Linked

9 records

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Ohio Lottery →

The Ohio Lottery experienced an external system breach (hacking) on December 24, 2023, which was discovered on April 5, 2024. The breach affected 538,959 individuals in total, including 56 residents of Maine. The compromised information includes names and Social Security Numbers. In response, the Ohio Lottery began notifying affected individuals on May 8, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX/ZEROFOX.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 5, 2024 → Filed with AG May 9, 202434d ⏱ 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 · 103 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Dec 24, 2023

Begins

Apr 5, 2024

Discovered

May 9, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 9 records about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by dragonforce about this victim was first seen 134 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 8d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGMay 1 · first
Indiana State AG+7d
Vermont State AG+7d
California State AG+8d
Montana State AG+8d
Maine State AG+8d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+9d
New Hampshire State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 13 (NH) — a 12-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.