Social EngineeringPhishingIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc.

bd_97efc95f0c9f350a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 20, 2021

Filed

May 5, 2021

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

2,3261 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. →

National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. experienced a phishing incident that occurred from January 27, 2021, to February 3, 2021. The breach was discovered on April 20, 2021. The incident resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on May 3, 2021, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through Equifax.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 20, 2021 → Filed with AG May 5, 202115d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 days 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 · 83 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jan 27, 2021

Begins

Apr 20, 2021

Discovered

May 5, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_754620e67621b88a2021-05-05Verified

Name: National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc.
norm: national inventors hall of fame

Name: National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc.
norm: national inventors hall of fame

Discovered: Apr 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2021 – Feb 3, 2021
Undetected for: 83 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,326state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 15d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 20, 2021
→ Filed with AG: May 5, 2021
15d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 20, 2021 → Filed with AG: May 5, 2021	15d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGMay 5 · first

Maine State AGMay 5 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/aeddbcb8-b3cd-4bef-bb61-751030c32dd5.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 5, 2021
Raw hash: 1ce85c226153d161cd89f7e687d6166915a227d6e559538a774df7f8c71140b1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNational Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc.

Victim entityNational Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 20, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov