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AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 4, 2022

Filed

Mar 23, 2022

To disclose

19 days

Affected · nationwide

5,08315 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

63%
Full breach record for CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.31 incidents on file

Financial services firm Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. reported an inadvertent disclosure of personal information affecting 5,083 individuals. The breach, which occurred between May 18, 2021, and December 16, 2021, was discovered on March 4, 2022. The compromised data included names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The company provided written notification to affected individuals and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 4, 2022Filed with AG Mar 23, 202219d ME AG ≤30d19 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 · 290 days
discovery → filing · 19 days

May 18, 2021

Begins

Mar 4, 2022

Discovered

Mar 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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California State AGMar 23 · first
Indiana State AGMar 23 · first
Montana State AGMar 23 · first
Maine State AGMar 23 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 23 (CA), last Mar 28 (NH) — a 5-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.