HackingTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsPCIMedium

Cloud South Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 24, 2023

Filed

Jan 25, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,12814 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cloud South Inc. →

Cloud South Inc. experienced an external system breach on December 24, 2023, which was also the date of discovery. The incident affected 5,128 individuals, compromising names and financial account information, including credit/debit card numbers with associated security codes or PINs. The company provided electronic notification to affected consumers on December 24, 2023, and January 23, 2024.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 24, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 25, 202432d ⏱ 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 / 32 days

Dec 24, 2023

Begins

Dec 24, 2023

Discovered

Jan 25, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,128 affectedView incident

Name: Cloud South Inc.
norm: cloud south

Name: Cloud South Inc.
norm: cloud south
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Dec 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 23, 2024
Affected individuals: 5,128state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsPCI
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Provided electronic notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 32d
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: Dec 24, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jan 25, 2024
32d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 24, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jan 25, 2024	32d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/fa0e2bc6-3008-4870-8864-8385e90b05bf.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2024
Raw hash: 665ab32defe5543291a30c091104f2ba5acbf5f8496683cc5828c20529a95471

Reporting entityCloud South Inc.

Victim entityCloud South Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 24, 2023

Stated responseProvided electronic notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov