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Newington Fire Department

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 26, 2023

Filed

Jan 23, 2024

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

12716 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Newington Fire Department →

The Newington Fire Department reported a data breach affecting 127 individuals, including 16 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on September 22, 2023, and was discovered on December 26, 2023, was described as an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information includes names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on January 19, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Experian IdentityWorks 3B.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 26, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 23, 202428d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 95 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Sep 22, 2023

Begins

Dec 26, 2023

Discovered

Jan 23, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGJan 19 · first
Maine State AG+4d · this page
New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (VT), last Feb 2 (NH) — a 14-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.