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 SERVICES →104 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.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 17, 2020 → Filed 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 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_66aa26f6f1f93d402020-12-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_97741172ddfcf88c2020-12-17Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_da55da9509cbe4b32020-12-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ba723dff91b707d02020-12-04 · +13dCandidate

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Massachusetts State AGbd_be18710e2724f7e42020-12-04 · +13dCandidate

Name: DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
norm: discover financial
Domain: discover.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES
norm: discover financial
Domain: discover.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 29, 2020
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 17, 2020
Affected individuals: 690state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 30d
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: Nov 17, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 17, 2020
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 17, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 17, 2020	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 4 · first

Montana State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Indiana State AG+13d

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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c8541540-2bc8-4871-987a-2ea9c2c8ff62.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 17, 2020
Raw hash: d709ef8c918251d9f46628a2627168c59d4b66d960cdc2ab0a10d3005a53cd6b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Victim entityDISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov