HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Forward Air Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 15, 2020

Filed

Sep 24, 2021

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Forward Air Corp →3 incidents on file

Forward Air Corporation notified Montana residents of a security incident where unauthorized actors accessed systems in Nov-Dec 2020. Data potentially exposed included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and bank account numbers. Forward Air discovered the incident on Dec 15, 2020, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d40 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 · 44 days

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 283 days

Nov 1, 2020

Begins

Dec 15, 2020

Discovered

Sep 24, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by hades about this victim predates this filing by 283 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehadesbd_69daca6e5bc59daa2020-12-15 · +283dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4e519c8e4352ad1e2021-09-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_942507cd1a8b43cc2021-09-24Verified
Maine State AGbd_9f6be7535a79c40c2021-09-24Verified
California State AGbd_b222ea320c8293ed2021-09-24Verified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 317d gap

Indiana State AGbd_f364a48b4e1da9442021-09-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b984181509b96682021-09-28 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_bb0159aed9dd5ed62021-01-01 · +266dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3124749f0e44aa02020-11-16 · +312dVerified
Maine State AGbd_08f5bdd8be02662b2020-11-11 · +317dCandidate

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: The Forward
norm: the forward
Domain: forward.com

Name: Forward Air Corp
norm: forward air
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Dec 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying state regulators, as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, in an online credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) for 12 months provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures regarding data privacy
Evaluating additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(283 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGNov 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Illinois State AG+51d

Maine State AG+317d

Massachusetts State AG+317d

Maine State AG+317d

California State AG+317d

Indiana State AG+317d

Montana State AG+317d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+321d

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 321-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 13 — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 24, 2021
Raw hash: 98699cf997e3826c26e98ea93ab723dbeff69e90ccdbe4e35e51a0601d1b5606

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Forward

Victim entityForward Air Corp

Incidentdiscovered Dec 15, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov