HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

TOPS Staffing

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 13, 2021

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,1181 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

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TOPS Staffing experienced an external system breach (hacking) between June 7 and June 13, 2021. The incident affected 7,118 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Acquired information included names combined with driver's license numbers. TOPS Staffing notified affected individuals on November 5, 2021, and provided 12 months of Kroll credit monitoring and identity theft services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 13, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 5, 2021145d ✗ ME AG >90d21 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 · 6 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 145 days

Jun 7, 2021

Begins

Jun 13, 2021

Discovered

Nov 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_3b43d0a637ef44fd2021-11-05Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_bd7cb1fc959620752021-11-05Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dfcbfda7f186f2de2021-11-05Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c200dcabdf26e18a2022-03-11 · +126dVerified

Name: TOPS Staffing
norm: tops staffing

Name: TOPS Staffing
norm: tops staffing
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 7, 2021 – Jun 13, 2021
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 7,118state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of Kroll credit monitoring and identity theft services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(145 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 145dME resident >60d · 145d
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: Jun 13, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021
145d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jun 13, 2021
→ Notified: Nov 5, 2021
145d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 13, 2021 → Filed with AG: Nov 5, 2021	145d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jun 13, 2021 → Notified: Nov 5, 2021	145d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGNov 5 · first

Indiana State AGNov 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 5 · first

Maine State AGNov 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+126d

Pattern: first filing Nov 5 (ME), last Mar 11 (NH) — a 126-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-a1252b4f8318/05871d6b-0849-4fd7-be2e-f6b2c2717676.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2021
Raw hash: c315c01bd3a4b19d0d419233c84a92f18eff3fc58dbd10e7fc3bf148bc510346

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTOPS Staffing

Victim entityTOPS Staffing

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov