Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

NorthStar Leasing

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 9, 2022

Filed

Dec 12, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,80688 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for NorthStar Leasing →

NorthStar Leasing, a financial services company, experienced a data breach due to a phishing incident on August 10, 2022. The breach was discovered on November 9, 2022, and affected 1,806 individuals. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. In response, NorthStar Leasing's parent company, Peoples Bank of Marietta, Ohio, offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through Experian to the affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 9, 2022 → Filed with AG Dec 12, 202233d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 91 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Aug 10, 2022

Begins

Nov 9, 2022

Discovered

Dec 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_68ad5ebc229f94412022-12-12Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_7804506fa657e1df2022-12-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_98cb74d5c10927762022-12-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a2dff5045dca199c2022-12-19 · +7dVerified

Name: Peoples Bank of Marietta, Ohio
norm: peoples bank of marietta ohio

Name: NorthStar Leasing
norm: northstar leasing
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 9, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 10, 2022
Undetected for: 91 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,806state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 33d
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 9, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Dec 12, 2022
33d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 9, 2022 → Filed with AG: Dec 12, 2022	33d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGDec 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 12 · first

Indiana State AGDec 12 · first

Maine State AGDec 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Dec 12 (MT), last Dec 19 (NH) — a 7-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-a1252b4f8318/2fabd54c-5424-4782-8c1c-e955b9e0eb48.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2022
Raw hash: 9b7480856e402e61ba6235652c05989cb29f27a6e241de2b5737317950000b32

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeoples Bank of Marietta, Ohio

Victim entityNorthStar Leasing

Incidentdiscovered Nov 9, 2022

Stated responseOffered 24 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov