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The Heritage Group

bd_0ba03555353b0eb4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 9, 2023

Filed

May 16, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Heritage Group →

The Heritage Group reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on January 13, 2023, and was discovered on April 9, 2023. The breach affected one Maine resident, compromising their name and Social Security number. The company provided written notification to the affected individual on May 1, 2023, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 9, 2023 → Filed with AG May 16, 202337d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 86 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Jan 13, 2023

Begins

Apr 9, 2023

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMay 1 · first
Montana State AG+14d
New Hampshire State AG+15d
Maine State AG+15d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IN), last May 16 (ME) — a 15-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.