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AVIENT CORPORATION

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 27, 2021

Filed

Jul 1, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8,84135 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for AVIENT CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

Avient Corporation reported a phishing incident that occurred between February 22, 2021, and March 1, 2021. The breach was discovered on May 27, 2021. The incident affected 35 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on July 1, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered May 27, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 1, 202135d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 94 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Feb 22, 2021

Begins

May 27, 2021

Discovered

Jul 1, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Massachusetts State AG+181d
Indiana State AG+181d
Maine State AG+181d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 1 (ME) — a 181-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.