HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Penn Title Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 17, 2023

Filed

Apr 4, 2023

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

1,2522 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Penn Title Company →

Penn Abstract and Land Services, doing business as Penn Title Company and Lebanon Land Transfer Company, reported a data breach affecting 2 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on November 18, 2022, and was discovered on March 17, 2023, was an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Penn Title offered affected individuals 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 17, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 4, 202318d ✓ ME AG ≤30d18 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 · 119 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Nov 18, 2022

Begins

Mar 17, 2023

Discovered

Apr 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_3c2aecff3ae5a1a62023-04-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_aa1825bfffefc7e72023-04-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_f662a57064100ac12023-04-04Candidate

Name: Penn Title Company
norm: penn title

Name: Penn Title Company
norm: penn title
Also named: Penn Abstract and Land Services, LLCdba oflegal entity
Penn Title Company and Lebanon Land Transfer Company (“Penn Title”)dba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 18, 2022
Undetected for: 119 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 4, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,252state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement, and identity theft recovery services through TransUnion.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 18d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 17, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Apr 4, 2023
18d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 17, 2023 → Filed with AG: Apr 4, 2023	18d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGApr 4 · first

Indiana State AGApr 4 · first

Montana State AGApr 4 · first

Maine State AGApr 4 · first · this page

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/a098880a-c6ed-43f2-b7e2-65b9016257fd.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2023
Raw hash: 880513499481505012b09e23f576f5f66256af2afb5b7d026942f734782b6b26

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPenn Title Company

Victim entityPenn Title Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement, and identity theft recovery services through TransUnion.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov