MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Certified Title Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 16, 2021

Filed

Mar 23, 2022

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected · nationwide

10,62441 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Certified Title Corporation →

Certified Title Corporation experienced a ransomware incident on July 16, 2021, which was also the date of discovery. The breach affected 10,624 individuals in total, including 41 Maine residents. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account or credit/debit card numbers. In response, the company provided written notification to the affected individuals on March 23, 2022, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Cyberscout, which includes credit monitoring, credit reports, and dark web monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 16, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 23, 2022250d ✗ ME AG >90d36 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 · 36 weeks / 250 days

Jul 16, 2021

Begins

Jul 16, 2021

Discovered

Mar 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6599ca6b4de240ca2022-03-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8cc28492eeb26a502022-03-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ff1b1fe5ef8024ba2022-03-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_c1b65527cb514ef62022-03-22 · +1dVerified

Name: Certified Title Corporation
norm: certified title

Name: Certified Title Corporation
norm: certified title
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 10,624state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Ransomware
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit and dark web monitoring services through Cyberscout.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(250 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 250dME resident >60d · 250d
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: Jul 16, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 23, 2022
250d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 16, 2021
→ Notified: Mar 23, 2022
250d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 16, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 23, 2022	250d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 16, 2021 → Notified: Mar 23, 2022	250d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGMar 22 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/922d70c8-d9fe-40e2-b899-d355dad7db56.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2022
Raw hash: 58c6339f09c1bb6bbba4d4278dcf38c826f987bfd3775680e4a9d8a5c9d0ec69

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCertified Title Corporation

Victim entityCertified Title Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit and dark web monitoring services through Cyberscout.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov