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HackingTechnologyInformationTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 8, 2020

Filed

Oct 6, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. →2 incidents on file

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.

Incident timeline

undetected · 68 days
discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

May 1, 2020

Begins

Jul 8, 2020

Discovered

Oct 6, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 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.