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HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighResolved

City of Whitehall

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 12, 2022

Filed

Dec 8, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

36,6945 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for City of Whitehall

The City of Whitehall, a government entity, experienced an external system breach (hacking) on May 28, 2022, which was discovered on October 12, 2022. The breach affected 5 Maine residents, compromising their names or other personal identifiers in combination with their Social Security Numbers. In response, the city provided written notification to the affected individuals on December 8, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 12, 2022Filed with AG Dec 8, 202257d ME AG >30d8 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 · 137 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

May 28, 2022

Begins

Oct 12, 2022

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGOct 8 · first
Maine State AG+61d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (IN), last Dec 8 (ME) — a 61-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.