HackingHealthcareHealthcareHacking OtherIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Shields Health Care Group, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

Jul 22, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,804,0691,695 in this filing

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Shields Health Care Group, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between March 7, 2022, and March 28, 2022. The breach was discovered on March 28, 2022, and affected 1,695 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. Shields Health Care Group offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll to the affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 28, 2022 → Filed with AG Jul 22, 2022116d ⏱ ME AG >30d17 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 · 21 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

Mar 7, 2022

Begins

Mar 28, 2022

Discovered

Jul 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_2e845bf7be75aac12022-07-22Candidate
California State AGbd_31e1580fc13fc22a2022-07-22Verified
Montana State AGbd_9109906827c3157e2022-07-22Verified
Oregon State AGbd_9fcea963280901ef2022-07-22Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 276d gap

Indiana State AGbd_949962535a156bfc2022-07-25 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_6cf75313cd35acf82022-07-26 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6858fa9ec9086f9e2023-04-19 · +271dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_8e834a0cb07d4cf92023-04-19 · +271dVerified
California State AGbd_f4afa3fde068325b2023-04-19 · +271dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c28877aa52077522023-04-24 · +276dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Shields Health Care Group, Inc.
norm: shields health care
Domain: shields.com

Name: Shields Health Care Group, Inc.
norm: shields health care
Domain: shields.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2022 – Mar 28, 2022
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 25, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,804,069state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 2 years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(116 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 116dME resident >60d · 119dME CRA notice due
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: Mar 28, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jul 22, 2022
116d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
→ Notified: Jul 25, 2022
119d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 28, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jul 22, 2022	116d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 28, 2022 → Notified: Jul 25, 2022	119d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Washington State AGJul 22 · first

California State AGJul 22 · first

Montana State AGJul 22 · first

Oregon State AGJul 22 · first

Maine State AGJul 22 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+271d

Vermont State AG+271d

California State AG+271d

New Hampshire State AG+276d

Pattern: first filing Jul 22 (WA), last Apr 24 (NH) — a 276-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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-a1252b4f8318/9a8cc2a6-43af-470b-9439-43220c8838ee.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 22, 2022
Raw hash: fefc36d5bd4be337690bb2cdf8ea1a35f407de1dbb3391fd229437e8e3bf255c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Victim entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2022

Stated responseOffered 2 years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov