DisclosureLens
HackingTransportation & LogisticsTransportationCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Columbia Helicopters, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 15, 2021

Filed

Aug 24, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

3,096scope not determined

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Columbia Helicopters, Inc. →

Columbia Helicopters, Inc. identified an external system breach that occurred between May 27, 2021, and July 16, 2021. The breach, discovered on July 15, 2021, resulted in the acquisition of names and financial account or card numbers with access codes for 3,096 individuals. The company began notifying affected individuals on August 24, 2021, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Epiq.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 15, 2021 → Filed with AG Aug 24, 202140d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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 · 49 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

May 27, 2021

Begins

Jul 15, 2021

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 6d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Oregon State AGAug 24 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 24 · first
Indiana State AGAug 24 · first
Montana State AGAug 24 · first
Maine State AGAug 24 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Aug 24 (OR), last Aug 30 (NH) — a 6-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.