HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Forward Air Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 15, 2020

Filed

Sep 24, 2021

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Forward Air Corporation notified the California Attorney General of a data breach discovered on December 15, 2020. Unauthorized access occurred in November and early December 2020. Personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, and bank account numbers were potentially viewed or taken. The company engaged in an investigation, notified regulators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 15, 2020 → Notified Jul 30, 2021227d ✗ CA 60-day late40 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 44 days

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 283 days

Nov 1, 2020

Begins

Dec 15, 2020

Discovered

Sep 24, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by hades about this victim predates this filing by 283 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitehadesbd_69daca6e5bc59daa2020-12-15 · +283dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4e519c8e4352ad1e2021-09-24Verified
Montana State AGbd_9366040c480f58172021-09-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_942507cd1a8b43cc2021-09-24Verified
Maine State AGbd_9f6be7535a79c40c2021-09-24Verified

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Indiana State AGbd_f364a48b4e1da9442021-09-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4b984181509b96682021-09-28 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_bb0159aed9dd5ed62021-01-01 · +266dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3124749f0e44aa02020-11-16 · +312dVerified
Maine State AGbd_08f5bdd8be02662b2020-11-11 · +317dCandidate

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: The Forward
norm: the forward
Domain: forward.com

Name: Forward Air Corp
norm: forward air
Industry: Transportation & Logisticsllm

Discovered: Dec 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2020 – Dec 15, 2020
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 30, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying state regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Notifying state regulators, as required
Arranged for enrollment in an online credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) for 12 months provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures regarding data privacy
Evaluating additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(283 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 227dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 15, 2020
→ Notified: Jul 30, 2021
227d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 15, 2020 → Notified: Jul 30, 2021	227d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGNov 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Illinois State AG+51d

Maine State AG+317d

Montana State AG+317d

Massachusetts State AG+317d

Maine State AG+317d

Indiana State AG+317d

California State AG+317d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+321d

Pattern: first filing Nov 11 (ME), last Sep 28 (NH) — a 321-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 13 — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-545711
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 24, 2021
Raw hash: 44ed5029f8ba48fa83e2eadfa387f3f306e9c59a612ac41e95fdff4ac45ebed8

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Forward

Victim entityForward Air Corp

Incidentdiscovered Dec 15, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov