HackingAgriculture & FoodRetail & ConsumerAgricultureData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHigh

Tree Top Associates, LLC

bd_d02b3fbeee3e988c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 11, 2020

Filed

Dec 23, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

18,000scope not determined

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tree Top Associates, LLC →

Tree Top, Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) on November 10, 2020. The breach was discovered the following day. The incident affected approximately 18,000 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified in writing on December 23, 2020, and offered one year of identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 11, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 23, 202042d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Nov 10, 2020

Begins

Nov 11, 2020

Discovered

Dec 23, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_38a50ff83146fbce2020-12-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6dfe39ea020d3b792020-12-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_9827219855a009c92020-12-23Verified
Washington State AGbd_bd17c41f7f086b292020-12-23Candidate

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Maine State AGbd_e05797d3b33411fc2020-12-21 · +2dVerified

Name: Tree Top Associates, LLC
norm: tree top associates

Name: Tree Top Associates, LLC
norm: tree top associates
Industry: Agriculture & FoodllmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2020
Affected individuals: 18,000scope not determined
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified affected consumers in writing
Offered one year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 42d
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: Nov 11, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 23, 2020
42d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 11, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 23, 2020	42d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGDec 21 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Indiana State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d

Washington State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d · 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/f0b300b1-d215-4b21-941f-82fafc1b24bb.shtml
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Filed at: Dec 23, 2020
Raw hash: 2d8847c9c0f8c0dc3f12f4e58a361672ad7ad395fe84118a7ba58c00d1f6323e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTree Top Associates, LLC

Victim entityTree Top Associates, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2020

Stated responseNotified affected consumers in writing

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov