AccidentalGovernmentGovernmentMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Chester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

Jan 16, 2025

To disclose

9 days

Affected · nationwide

8,2817 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Chester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services →

Chester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services (PA) inadvertently emailed external recipients containing personal information (name, SSN) of DUI program participants. Incident discovered Jan 7, 2025; 8,281 individuals affected, including 7 Maine residents. Notices sent Jan 16, 2025. Remediation includes employee retraining and security strengthening. Experian credit monitoring offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 7, 2025 → Filed with AG Jan 16, 20259d ✓ ME AG ≤30d9 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 · 7 days

discovery → filing · 9 days

Dec 31, 2024

Begins

Jan 7, 2025

Discovered

Jan 16, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_12d3f15a6b54f9982025-01-16Verified
Delaware State AGbd_2d64d6cb8f8efe3c2025-01-16Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_5bfeb1212dbb4faa2025-01-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d5b7e43fc1edf3c42025-01-16Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_0771a5d704e339a12025-01-23 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c65a57ff489bf1ab2025-01-27 · +11dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_792778bdae42bfb72025-11-13 · +301dVerified

Name: Chester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services
norm: chester county probation parole and pretrial

Name: Chester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services
norm: chester county probation parole and pretrial
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 7, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 31, 2024
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 16, 2025
Affected individuals: 8,281state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1534 Internal Remote Services
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s OfficeNotified all other appropriate regulators
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what happened and whose information was impacted
Began locating addresses for the affected individuals
Provided notice of this incident to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office and all other appropriate regulators
Offered 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: Strengthening security measures protecting personal information maintained by the County DUI Program
Creating additional security procedures for communicating with individuals in the County DUI Program
Retraining all County employees regarding email security practices
Investigating additional tools to strengthen data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 9d
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: Jan 7, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jan 16, 2025
9d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 7, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jan 16, 2025	9d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Vermont State AGJan 16 · first

Delaware State AGJan 16 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 16 · first

Indiana State AGJan 16 · first

Maine State AGJan 16 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Maryland State AG+301d

Pattern: first filing Jan 16 (VT), last Nov 13 (MD) — a 301-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-a1252b4f8318/7cef7866-4209-4296-b969-3f82838b63b7.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 16, 2025
Raw hash: 908bdeade488b485967ee19c5778b41e48c1148f283c5935fb6f944d6bb200c8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services

Victim entityChester County Probation/Parole and Pretrial Services

Incidentdiscovered Jan 7, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what happened and whose information was impacted

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov