HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

Pulse TV

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 2, 2021

Filed

Dec 30, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

201,000730 in this filing

Linked

16 filings

Confidence

66%

Pulse TV, a Tinley Park, IL-based provider, reported an external system breach occurring between November 1, 2019, and August 31, 2021, discovered on December 2, 2021. The incident affected approximately 201,000 individuals, including 730 Maine residents. Acquired data included names, personal identifiers, and financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). Pulse TV sent written notifications to affected consumers on December 30, 2021, but did not offer identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 2, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 30, 202128d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 762 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Nov 1, 2019

Begins

Dec 2, 2021

Discovered

Dec 30, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 16 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FreeStyle Solutions supply-chain incident (2022) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3cd97ab2fd5423fa2022-01-24 · +25dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_1f86650296908cc12022-01-25 · +26dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_73bf248be5b5c7b52022-01-25 · +26dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_758e0a44c15a009c2022-01-25 · +26dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 78d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a820dca495f3145d2022-01-25 · +26dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_b1f86ecba6b262572022-01-27 · +28dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_5ae0a6102d57b5142022-03-15 · +75dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_7f255a5dfe84e7ec2022-03-15 · +75dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a7ce0a9eecbd10eb2022-03-15 · +75dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_5fb463d40ca02c442022-03-18 · +78dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 15 linked disclosures.

Name: Pulse TV
norm: pulse tv

Name: Pulse TV
norm: pulse tv
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 2, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2019 – Aug 31, 2021
Undetected for: 762 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 201,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Financial account number
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

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 28d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 2, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Dec 30, 2021
28d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 2, 2021 → Filed with AG: Dec 30, 2021	28d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGDec 30 · first · this page

Montana State AG+25d

California State AG+26d

Indiana State AG+26d

South Carolina State AG+26d

Massachusetts State AG+26d

New Hampshire State AG+28d

Delaware State AG+75d

California State AG+75d

Maine State AG+75d

New Hampshire State AG+78d

Pattern: first filing Dec 30 (ME), last Mar 18 (NH) — a 78-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 15 — the full spread may be wider.

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/bfdb6188-e2bc-4428-9010-88cc29c36c8c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 30, 2021
Raw hash: 043aff6896c7e0ee3cd73c32e5a639ce86521d5846cec6f1c3a38df1833f9684

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPulse TV

Victim entityPulse TV

Incidentdiscovered Dec 2, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov