HackingTargetedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
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Full breach record for SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. →Sinclair Broadcast Group reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on May 1, 2020, discovered on July 8, 2020. The incident affected one individual, whose name and driver's license number were compromised. Written notification was sent to the affected Maine resident on October 5, 2020.
Maine clockDiscovered Jul 8, 2020 → Filed with AG Oct 6, 202090d ⏱ ME AG >30d13 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/1344e091-6e94-412d-a876-494035097d05.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Oct 6, 2020
- Raw hash
- 14143dc0d199395f1a502598dc5dccb539ade78570dd52e3d97204db9079ddfe
Reporting entity
- Name
- SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.norm: sinclair broadcast
- Domain
- sinclairbroadcastgroup.com
Victim entity
- Name
- SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.norm: sinclair broadcast
- Domain
- sinclairbroadcastgroup.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jul 8, 2020
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Oct 5, 2020
- Affected individuals
- 1
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASIC
- 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
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 13 weeks(90 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 90dME resident >60d · 89d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Jul 8, 2020→ Filed with AG: Oct 6, 202090d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d Maine Discovered: Jul 8, 2020→ Notified: Oct 5, 202089d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.