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AccidentalProfessional ServicesMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Communications Workers of America

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 22, 2021

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

14,84312 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Communications Workers of America2 incidents on file

Communications Workers of America reported an inadvertent disclosure of member data, including names and Social Security numbers. The breach was discovered on November 16, 2020, and affected 12 Maine residents. The organization offered 12 months of identity theft prevention and credit monitoring services through Experian to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 16, 2020Filed with AG Jan 22, 202167d ME AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing
unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Nov 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 22, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 21d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 27 (NH) — a 26-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.