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HackingFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Guardian Community Trust, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 21, 2021

Filed

Aug 18, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

2,19021 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Guardian Community Trust, Inc.

Guardian Community Trust, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred on June 15, 2021, and was discovered on July 21, 2021. The breach affected 2,190 individuals in total, including 21 Maine residents. The compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. In response, the organization sent written notifications to affected individuals on August 18, 2021, and offered five years of identity restoration and credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 21, 2021Filed with AG Aug 18, 202128d 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 · 36 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Jun 15, 2021

Begins

Jul 21, 2021

Discovered

Aug 18, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGAug 18 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 18 · first
Indiana State AGAug 18 · first
Maine State AGAug 18 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (MT), last Aug 23 (NH) — a 5-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.