DisclosureLens
MalwareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Ascend Dedicated, LLC

bd_be398e512e2eeb31 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 6, 2024

Filed

May 17, 2024

To disclose

11 days

Affected · nationwide

6,8121 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Ascend Dedicated, LLC →

Ascend Dedicated, LLC, doing business as Dedicated Transportation Solutions, reported a ransomware incident that occurred on December 16, 2023, and was discovered on May 6, 2024. The breach affected 6,812 individuals in total, including one resident of Maine. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. The company provided written notification to the affected individual on May 17, 2024, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered May 6, 2024 → Filed with AG May 17, 202411d ✓ ME AG ≤30d11 days 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 · 142 days
discovery → filing · 11 days

Dec 16, 2023

Begins

May 6, 2024

Discovered

May 17, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGMar 14 · first
Indiana State AGMar 14 · first
Maine State AG+64d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 14 (MT), last May 17 (ME) — a 64-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.