Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Retirement Clearinghouse

bd_64cbb92c9ed4d3ab · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 28, 2023

Filed

May 12, 2023

To disclose

14 days

Affected · nationwide

10,50960 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Retirement Clearinghouse →

Retirement Clearinghouse experienced a phishing incident between March 15 and March 16, 2023, discovered on April 28, 2023. The breach affected 10,509 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company notified the affected individuals on May 12, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 28, 2023 → Filed with AG May 12, 202314d ✓ ME AG ≤30d14 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 · 44 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Mar 15, 2023

Begins

Apr 28, 2023

Discovered

May 12, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a284593c17f2ffb2023-05-12Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6217d3fa73be68a32023-05-12Verified
Oregon State AGbd_9cb3c2bea8f81f852023-05-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_babae624a69078832023-05-12Verified

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California State AGbd_e1b9cf14f5537d0d2023-05-12Verified
Vermont State AGbd_e44c3b51110a9ee62023-05-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_88f5da311421de602023-05-16 · +4dVerified

Name: Retirement Clearinghouse
norm: retirement clearinghouse

Name: Retirement Clearinghouse
norm: retirement clearinghouse
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 28, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2023 – Mar 16, 2023
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 12, 2023
Affected individuals: 10,509state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian Identity Works
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 14d
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: Apr 28, 2023
→ Filed with AG: May 12, 2023
14d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 28, 2023 → Filed with AG: May 12, 2023	14d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 12 · first

Indiana State AGMay 12 · first

Oregon State AGMay 12 · first

Montana State AGMay 12 · first

California State AGMay 12 · first

Vermont State AGMay 12 · first

Maine State AGMay 12 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/e606b13b-240d-42e2-9ccc-71f312f2840b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2023
Raw hash: 2376f7caeb041db72f8f3d69de13cfcbc729d339a6526a1dea6df76688bb06cf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRetirement Clearinghouse

Victim entityRetirement Clearinghouse

Incidentdiscovered Apr 28, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov