HackingVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASICHighResolved
THE BELL COMPANY, LLC
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Full breach record for THE BELL COMPANY, LLC →The Bell Company, LLC reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on October 15, 2021, discovered on October 17, 2021. The incident compromised names and Social Security Numbers of 3,094 individuals, including 8 Maine residents. Notification was sent on February 11, 2022, offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
Maine clockDiscovered Oct 17, 2021 → Filed with AG Feb 18, 2022124d ✗ ME AG >90d18 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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,094 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0421b5e8-4725-4eaa-bc2e-94fcdda4e766.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Feb 18, 2022
- Raw hash
- 28b9c7c28e1e5e621e8163f69115f653fd428ad5e6bc142e7229901c6fef77fe
Reporting entity
- Name
- THE BELL COMPANY, LLCnorm: the bell
Victim entity
- Name
- THE BELL COMPANY, LLCnorm: the bell
Incident
- Discovered
- Oct 17, 2021
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Feb 11, 2022
- Affected individuals
- 3,094
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 18 weeks(124 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >90d · 124dME resident >60d · 117d
- 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: Oct 17, 2021→ Filed with AG: Feb 18, 2022124d 90 days ME AG >90d Maine Discovered: Oct 17, 2021→ Notified: Feb 11, 2022117d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.