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TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.

bd_675d3d607620e8fc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 2, 2021

Filed

Aug 3, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

999 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. experienced an external system breach on January 20, 2021, which was discovered on June 2, 2021. The breach affected 9 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. Affected individuals were notified on July 2, 2021, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 2, 2021Filed with AG Aug 3, 202162d ME AG >30d9 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 · 133 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Jan 20, 2021

Begins

Jun 2, 2021

Discovered

Aug 3, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGJun 23 · first
Massachusetts State AGJun 23 · first
Maine State AG+41d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 23 (ME), last Aug 3 (ME) — a 41-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.