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

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Shields Health Care Group, Inc. →6 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 >90d17 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

+6 wks slower

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_4ce30febe6d1e83d2022-06-14 · +38dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_6858fa9ec9086f9e2023-04-19 · +271dVerified

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 >90d · 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 90 days ME AG >90d
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	90 days	ME AG >90d
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 · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first

Maine State AG+38d · this page

Maine State AG+309d

Pattern: first filing Jun 14 (NH), last Apr 19 (ME) — a 309-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-a1252b4f8318/9a8cc2a6-43af-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 (2) · 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 >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov