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HackingGovernment IDHighResolved

GFL Environmental Inc.

bd_a898c78936d4439d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 8, 2021

Filed

Dec 21, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

26,5711 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for GFL Environmental Inc. →

On October 7, 2021, GFL Environmental Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) that was discovered the next day. The breach affected 26,571 individuals, including one Maine resident, and compromised names along with driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on December 22, 2021, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and fraud protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 8, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 21, 202174d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 1 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Oct 7, 2021

Begins

Oct 8, 2021

Discovered

Dec 21, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Massachusetts State AG+354d
Maine State AG+354d · this page
Indiana State AG+355d
Montana State AG+355d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 22 (MT) — a 355-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.