HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

South Walton Fire District

bd_26e5e6cd5e7bdb64 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 20, 2022

Filed

Nov 21, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

25,35111 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for South Walton Fire District →

South Walton Fire District, a government entity, reported an external system breach that occurred on May 30, 2022, and was discovered on October 20, 2022. The breach affected 25,351 individuals, compromising names and Social Security numbers. The organization began notifying affected individuals on November 21, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 20, 2022 → Filed with AG Nov 21, 202232d ⏱ 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 · 143 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

May 30, 2022

Begins

Oct 20, 2022

Discovered

Nov 21, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_c61009c73a1c12682022-11-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c709e19491476fd22022-11-21Verified
Montana State AGbd_ccc0ea522176faf12022-11-21Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_6be82a2b8a6132fb2022-11-22 · +1dVerified

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HHS OCRbd_22b2a5be777ffa812022-11-15 · +6dVerified

Name: South Walton Fire District
norm: south walton fire district

Name: South Walton Fire District
norm: south walton fire district
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 20, 2022
Breach occurred: May 30, 2022
Undetected for: 143 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 25,351state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services including credit and dark web monitoring, a $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 32d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 20, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Nov 21, 2022
32d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 20, 2022 → Filed with AG: Nov 21, 2022	32d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRNov 15 · first

Indiana State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Montana State AG+6d

Maine State AG+6d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (FL), last Nov 22 (MA) — a 7-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e9b7f5c6-01e2-4b6e-a7fe-759da8fe177a.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 21, 2022
Raw hash: a43f123162e248f11b66071199d70881e4844527e87bf3af91ce5fd1b3342496

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Walton Fire District

Victim entitySouth Walton Fire District

Incidentdiscovered Oct 20, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services including credit and dark web monitoring, a $1 million identity fraud loss reimbursement policy, and fully managed identity theft recovery services.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov