HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASICMediumContained
PASCO scientific
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Full breach record for PASCO scientific →PASCO scientific, a California-based commercial entity, reported an external system breach (hacking) on August 24, 2020. The incident affected 538 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The attacker acquired names and Social Security Numbers. The company notified affected individuals in writing on January 7, 2021, and provided 12 months of identity theft protection services through Kroll.
Maine clockDiscovered Aug 24, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 11, 2021140d ✗ ME AG >90d20 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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed538 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ac9afc2f-a50d-4bb5-95be-b80dfc3accd4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Jan 11, 2021
- Raw hash
- 32c24f17800f88ca51d7aeeec7f2ca48662cc92928dac9aeca3cec3cabe1fba0
Reporting entity
- Name
- PASCO scientificnorm: pasco scientific
- Domain
- pasco.com
Victim entity
- Name
- PASCO scientificnorm: pasco scientific
- Domain
- pasco.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Aug 24, 2020
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Jan 7, 2021
- Affected individuals
- 538
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- External
- Regulator citations
- Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 20 weeks(140 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >90d · 140dME resident >60d · 136d
- 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: Aug 24, 2020→ Filed with AG: Jan 11, 2021140d 90 days ME AG >90d Maine Discovered: Aug 24, 2020→ Notified: Jan 7, 2021136d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.