Home > Consumer Information > Privacy, Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches > Data Breach Notifications
Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: Great Northern Corporation
- Street Address: 395 Stroebe Road, P.O. Box 939
- City: Appleton
- State, or Country if outside the US: WI
- Zip Code: 54914
Submitted By
- Name: Mark Radue
- Title: Chief Financial Officer
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: 920-831-2297
- Email Address: mradue@greatnortherncorp.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 5097
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 1
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 9/5/20
- Date Breach Discovered: 12/21/20
- Description of the Breach:
- Other, External system breach (hacking)
- If other, please specify: Ransomware incident
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Social Security Number
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 2/9/20
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Notice of Data Event - GNC - ME Exhibit 1.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
- Were identity theft protection services offered: Yes
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: 12 months, TransUnion through Epiq, identity and credit monitoring services.