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MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc.

bd_951c713c8dc32be5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 2, 2020

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,0002,999 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc. →

Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on its server, which encrypted company data. The attackers demanded a ransom, but the company did not pay and was able to restore its data from backups. The breach potentially exposed the names and driver's license numbers of approximately 3,000 individuals, almost all of whom are Maine residents.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 2, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 9, 202037d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 5 weeks / 37 days

Nov 2, 2020

Begins

Nov 2, 2020

Discovered

Dec 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRDec 9 · first
Maine State AGDec 9 · first
Maine State AGDec 9 · first · this page

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.