HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial credentialsFinancial accountMediumContained

Beacon Communities, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 30, 2021

Filed

Aug 4, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,721272 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Beacon Communities, LLC →2 incidents on file

Beacon Communities, LLC reported an external system breach that occurred between September and December 2020. The breach was discovered in June 2021 and affected 272 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding security codes, access codes, or passwords. The company offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 30, 2021 → Filed with AG Aug 4, 202135d ⏱ 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 · 275 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Sep 28, 2020

Begins

Jun 30, 2021

Discovered

Aug 4, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0d15bcfaf5e0d5762021-08-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3f4ac14a64fdd5432021-08-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_bd0650e387213c2b2021-08-13 · +9dVerified

Name: Beacon Communities, LLC
norm: beacon communities

Name: Beacon Communities, LLC
norm: beacon communities

Discovered: Jun 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 28, 2020 – Dec 23, 2020
Undetected for: 275 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 3,721state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: 12 Months of credit monitoring, web watcher, quick cash scan, and $1 million insurance for identity theft offered through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 35d
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: Jun 30, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Aug 4, 2021
35d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 30, 2021 → Filed with AG: Aug 4, 2021	35d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 4 · first

Indiana State AGAug 4 · first

Maine State AGAug 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (MA), last Aug 13 (NH) — a 9-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-a1252b4f8318/98f3a869-26db-4271-a838-281cb8109246.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2021
Raw hash: c6e2b35f287930645f54ca60bc7d3337cf7f661767a9c0ee4a0b409c2cb455f7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBeacon Communities, LLC

Victim entityBeacon Communities, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 30, 2021

Stated response12 Months of credit monitoring, web watcher, quick cash scan, and $1 million insurance for identity theft offered through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov