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AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 17, 2020

Filed

Dec 17, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6902 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES104 incidents on file

Discover Financial Services reported an inadvertent disclosure of customer data on September 29, 2020, discovered on November 17, 2020. The breach affected 690 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and financial account numbers (credit/debit card numbers with associated security codes/PINs). The company notified affected individuals in writing on December 17, 2020, and provided 24 months of identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 17, 2020Filed with AG Dec 17, 202030d ME AG ≤30d4 weeks 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 · 49 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Sep 29, 2020

Begins

Nov 17, 2020

Discovered

Dec 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 13d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 4 (MA), last Dec 17 (ME) — a 13-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.