HackingHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedPIICREDENTIALSFINANCIALLowContained
CenturyLink Communications
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Full breach record for CenturyLink Communications →CenturyLink Communications identified a breach of their external systems that took place between August 20, 2020, and August 31, 2020. The breach was discovered on or around August 20, 2020. The incident resulted in unauthorized access to customer account information, including names, contact details, credentials, and billing and payment information. Approximately 1,942 individuals were affected in total, with one resident of Maine among them. Affected individuals were notified in writing starting on September 21, 2020.
Maine clockDiscovered Aug 20, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 25, 202036d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/83332ee8-27fc-4ba5-b5a8-d788820d0d28.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Sep 25, 2020
- Raw hash
- 99f03bd981044bec962744a5c186d79b7f454fd7bcdfccf34871fdaf57bc6443
Reporting entity
- Name
- CenturyLink Communicationsnorm: centurylink communications
- Domain
- superiorcommunications.com
Victim entity
- Name
- CenturyLink Communicationsnorm: centurylink communications
- Domain
- superiorcommunications.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Aug 20, 2020
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Sep 21, 2020
- Affected individuals
- 1
- Data types
- PIICREDENTIALSFINANCIAL
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG >30d · 36d
- 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: Aug 20, 2020→ Filed with AG: Sep 25, 202036d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.