HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Copeland Chevrolet

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2025

Filed

Oct 16, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,7314 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Copeland Chevrolet →

Copeland Chevrolet reported an external system breach on August 4, 2025, where an employee email account was compromised. The incident affected 2,731 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. Personal information accessed via the compromised account was disclosed to affected individuals on October 16, 2025. The company engaged forensic experts, secured the account, implemented MFA, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 4, 2025 → Filed with AG Oct 16, 202573d ⏱ 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 / 73 days

Aug 4, 2025

Begins

Aug 4, 2025

Discovered

Oct 16, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7fc1eb9f9f34f8002025-10-20 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_616959e0356f4e042025-10-22 · +6dVerified

Name: Copeland Chevrolet
norm: copeland chevrolet

Name: Copeland Chevrolet
norm: copeland chevrolet
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Aug 4, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,731state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured email environment
Changed the password associated with the impacted email account
Engaged independent computer forensic experts to assist in investigating
Offering 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Ensured multi-factor authentication is implemented throughout email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 73d
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: Aug 4, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Oct 16, 2025
73d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 4, 2025 → Filed with AG: Oct 16, 2025	73d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGOct 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 16 (ME), last Oct 22 (NH) — a 6-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-a1252b4f8318/50988a66-6468-4ade-9341-5ca38955d623.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2025
Raw hash: f9b72a14819d1d9d262580a8650ddedf62798eedf2f5469bc43c86fb0c7c783c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCopeland Chevrolet

Victim entityCopeland Chevrolet

Incidentdiscovered Aug 4, 2025

Stated responseSecured email environment

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov