HackingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTMediumContained
Woodward Communications, Inc.
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Full breach record for Woodward Communications, Inc. →Woodward Communications, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred and was discovered on January 19, 2023. The incident affected 12,467 individuals, including 4 Maine residents, and involved the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on April 5, 2023, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
Maine clockDiscovered Jan 19, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 10, 202381d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim predates this filing by 63 days.View originating leak claim
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Ransomware claims (1)
- bd_adb42a26c53816c8Leak Sitelockbit_3filed 2023-02-06(63d gap)Candidate
Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_7c1d34b0f0d7406aMontana State AGfiled 2023-04-05(5d gap)Verified by operator
- bd_c24d058a97214f2dNew Hampshire State AGfiled 2023-04-05(5d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e3f4d390-9dd7-4c17-9a48-6a9f3ff58da3.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Apr 10, 2023
- Raw hash
- 5a26cae3d0ad6bb0e1d74b5fb27962843a2b8bb8e93274d14de30de2fae86c33
Reporting entity
- Name
- Woodward Communications, Inc.norm: woodward communications
- Domain
- wcinet.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Woodward Communications, Inc.norm: woodward communications
- Domain
- wcinet.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jan 19, 2023
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Apr 5, 2023
- Affected individuals
- 4
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- Threat actor
- External
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 81dME resident >60d · 76dLeak >30d
- Discovery-date grounding
- occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Jan 19, 2023→ Filed with AG: Apr 10, 202381d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d Maine Discovered: Jan 19, 2023→ Notified: Apr 5, 202376d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.