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AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Town of Eliot, Maine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 22, 2021

Filed

Nov 9, 2021

To disclose

18 days

Affected

1scope not determined

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Town of Eliot, Maine →

The Town of Eliot, Maine, reported an incident of inadvertent disclosure affecting a single individual. The breach, which occurred on October 21, 2021, and was discovered the following day, resulted in the exposure of the individual's name along with their driver's license or non-driver identification card number. In response, the town provided the affected resident with 24 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 22, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 9, 202118d ✓ ME AG ≤30d18 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 · 1 days
discovery → filing · 18 days

Oct 21, 2021

Begins

Oct 22, 2021

Discovered

Nov 9, 2021

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.