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HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

EmPower HR

bd_ccac9b35e2fdc466 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 21, 2020

Filed

Jan 7, 2021

To disclose

17 days

Affected · nationwide

4,2141 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for EmPower HR →

EmPower HR, a commercial entity, experienced an external system breach (hacking) that occurred from September 29, 2020, to October 30, 2020. The breach was discovered on December 21, 2020. The incident affected 4,214 individuals in total, including one resident of Maine. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on January 7, 2021, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 21, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 7, 202117d ✓ ME AG ≤30d17 days 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 · 83 days
discovery → filing · 17 days

Sep 29, 2020

Begins

Dec 21, 2020

Discovered

Jan 7, 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+6d
Indiana State AG+6d
Maine State AG+6d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 8 (NH) — a 7-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.