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HackingTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Forward Air Corp

bd_a10c98f3ca3c7fcd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 30, 2021

Filed

Nov 8, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,3755 in this filing

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Forward Air Corp →3 incidents on file

Forward Air Corporation, a commercial entity, experienced an external system breach on December 15, 2020, which was discovered on July 30, 2021. The breach compromised the financial account or credit/debit card numbers (along with security codes or PINs) of 4,375 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. Notification to affected consumers was sent on November 8, 2021, and the company offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 30, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 8, 2021101d ✗ ME AG >90d14 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 · 227 days
discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Dec 15, 2020

Begins

Jul 30, 2021

Discovered

Nov 8, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,375 affectedView incident

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.