HackingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Clear Connection, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 24, 2024

Filed

Jan 30, 2025

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

41state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Clear Connection, Inc. →

Clear Connection, Inc. notified the Maryland Attorney General of an incident where an unauthorized actor accessed and copied files containing personal information of 41 Maryland residents on September 24, 2024. The compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and passport numbers. The company secured its systems, engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement, and is providing one year of credit monitoring through Experian.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d18 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 128 days

Sep 24, 2024

Begins

Sep 24, 2024

Discovered

Jan 30, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed41 affectedView incident

Name: Clear Connection, Inc.
norm: clear connection

Name: Clear Connection, Inc.
norm: clear connection

Discovered: Sep 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 30, 2025
Affected individuals: 41state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Took steps to secure its systems
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party specialists
Undertook a comprehensive review of the information in the involved files
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided written notice of this incident to forty-one (41) Maryland residents
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 1 year, through Experian
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(128 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376273.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2025
Raw hash: 6cc71ffe824c613de4a42d48076675a7a6fdbbd92aa95073972ecbae6d3a5781

Reporting entityClear Connection, Inc.

Victim entityClear Connection, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure its systems

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov