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HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountMediumResolved

Town of Salem, New Hampshire

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 22, 2021

Filed

Jun 26, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

38,998403 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Town of Salem, New Hampshire

The Town of Salem, New Hampshire, a government entity, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General. The breach, which occurred between October 19 and October 21, 2020, was discovered on May 22, 2021. It was described as an external system breach or hacking incident. The breach affected 403 Maine residents, and a total of 38,998 individuals. The compromised information included financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers, along with their security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. The town provided written notification to the affected consumers on June 21, 2021, and offered complimentary 12-month credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered May 22, 2021Filed with AG Jun 26, 202135d 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 · 215 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Oct 19, 2020

Begins

May 22, 2021

Discovered

Jun 26, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJun 26 · first
Maine State AGJun 26 · 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.