HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASICHighContained
THE GEO GROUP, INC.
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Full breach record for THE GEO GROUP, INC. →The GEO Group Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between July 17, 2020, and August 19, 2020. The incident compromised approximately 20,017 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Affected data included names and Social Security Numbers. The company engaged outside counsel and provided 2 years of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian to affected individuals.
Maine clockDiscovered Aug 19, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 3, 202076d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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.
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_308bf1db68e0f67cCalifornia State AGfiled 2020-11-03Verified
- bd_90155c399221de1eMontana State AGfiled 2020-11-03Verified
- bd_51962359c517b50dHHS OCRfiled 2020-11-04(1d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cc4b6251-be78-43a1-98bc-5626c6ef3210.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Nov 3, 2020
- Raw hash
- a72db9b28ff7fb00a6250a382b4aff4052ae1075dd77f3e774b0532b68d6966f
Reporting entity
- Name
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.norm: the geo
- Domain
- geogroup.com
Victim entity
- Name
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.norm: the geo
- Domain
- geogroup.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Aug 19, 2020
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Nov 3, 2020
- Affected individuals
- 20,017
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- External
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 76dME resident >60d · 76d
- 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: Aug 19, 2020→ Filed with AG: Nov 3, 202076d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d Maine Discovered: Aug 19, 2020→ Notified: Nov 3, 202076d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.