HackingProfessional ServicesHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDHighContained

Merrick

bd_e42d1768dc7278ef · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 23, 2021

Filed

Apr 22, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,2402 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Merrick →2 incidents on file

Merrick & Company experienced an external system breach on December 16, 2020, discovered on March 23, 2021. The breach compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 3,240 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The company notified affected individuals on April 22, 2021, and offered identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 23, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 22, 202130d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 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 · 97 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Dec 16, 2020

Begins

Mar 23, 2021

Discovered

Apr 22, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_263593f7d95d512b2021-04-22Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_87b21d9217efc81b2021-04-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e5acad4cd68e04cf2021-04-23 · +1dVerified

Name: Merrick
norm: merrick
Domain: merrick.com

Name: Merrick
norm: merrick
Domain: merrick.com

Discovered: Mar 23, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 16, 2020
Undetected for: 97 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 3,240state + nationwide
Data types: PIIGovernment ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 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: 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: Mar 23, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Apr 22, 2021
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 23, 2021 → Filed with AG: Apr 22, 2021	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGApr 22 · first

Indiana State AGApr 22 · first

Maine State AGApr 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/7b4e0074-eea6-444e-bba6-e5d0d4b06d13.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 22, 2021
Raw hash: 8a4dcf6a0a83f1675b0eec7ea0b8adb06195eb1aa69f36c3329f8c006791d562

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerrick

Victim entityMerrick

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2021

Stated responseOffered identity theft protection services

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov