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MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc.

bd_eea41eccca63833b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 2, 2020

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,0002,999 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc. →

Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on its server. The attackers encrypted data and demanded a ransom, which was not paid. The company was able to restore its data from backups. While there is no evidence that data was exfiltrated, the company is notifying affected individuals out of an abundance of caution. The breach potentially exposed names and driver's license numbers.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 2, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 9, 202037d ⏱ 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.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Nov 2, 2020

Begins

Nov 2, 2020

Discovered

Dec 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGDec 9 · first
HHS OCRDec 9 · first
Maine State AGDec 9 · first · this page

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.