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County of Somerset

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 15, 2022

Filed

Sep 28, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

14,5995 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for County of Somerset →

Somerset County, a government entity, experienced an external system breach (hacking) between May 19, 2022, and May 24, 2022. The breach was discovered on July 15, 2022. The compromised data includes names combined with Driver's License or Non-Driver Identification Card Numbers. Five Maine residents were among the 14,599 individuals affected. Notification to consumers occurred on September 28, 2022, and affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 15, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 28, 202275d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 57 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

May 19, 2022

Begins

Jul 15, 2022

Discovered

Sep 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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 ↗
Montana State AGSep 28 · first
Maine State AGSep 28 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+1d

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.