HackingGovernmentGovernmentHacking OtherCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Worcester County, Maryland

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 11, 2022

Filed

Apr 26, 2022

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

2,8372 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Worcester County, Maryland →

Worcester County, Maryland, a government entity, reported a data breach affecting 2 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred between November 10, 2020, and November 20, 2020, was discovered on April 11, 2022. The incident was an external system breach (hacking), resulting in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on April 27, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 11, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 26, 202215d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 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 · 517 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Nov 10, 2020

Begins

Apr 11, 2022

Discovered

Apr 26, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b6e4f849b240176c2022-04-27 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_19711312ba0f996b2022-04-28 · +2dVerified

Name: Worcester County, Maryland
norm: worcester county maryland

Name: Worcester County, Maryland
norm: worcester county maryland
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Apr 11, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2020 – Nov 20, 2020
Undetected for: 517 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,837state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 15d
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: Apr 11, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Apr 26, 2022
15d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 11, 2022 → Filed with AG: Apr 26, 2022	15d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGApr 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+2d

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-a1252b4f8318/5ff5cfe0-2df3-425b-a9bf-65440eb0a288.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 26, 2022
Raw hash: d21c53867d4b45758f3623d4d1a5e9f4c21852f87a24a0eeb42282804c56a367

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWorcester County, Maryland

Victim entityWorcester County, Maryland

Incidentdiscovered Apr 11, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov