HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDCriticalResolved

Shields Health Care Group, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

Apr 19, 2023

To disclose

13 months

Affected · nationwide

2,380,4832,260 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 an external system breach affecting 2,260 Maine residents. The breach occurred between March 7, 2022, and March 28, 2022, and was discovered on March 28, 2022. The compromised data includes names combined with driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on July 25, 2022, with further notifications on April 19, 2023. Shields Health Care Group offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 28, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 19, 2023387d ⏱ ME AG >30d13 months discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 387 days

Mar 7, 2022

Begins

Mar 28, 2022

Discovered

Apr 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+46 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

Vermont State AGbd_8e834a0cb07d4cf92023-04-19Verified
California State AGbd_f4afa3fde068325b2023-04-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c28877aa52077522023-04-24 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6cf75313cd35acf82022-07-26 · +267dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 271d gap

Indiana State AGbd_949962535a156bfc2022-07-25 · +268dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_2e845bf7be75aac12022-07-22 · +271dCandidate
California State AGbd_31e1580fc13fc22a2022-07-22 · +271dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6323f931092b3aa82022-07-22 · +271dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_9109906827c3157e2022-07-22 · +271dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9fcea963280901ef2022-07-22 · +271dVerified

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: Apr 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,380,483state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence 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: 13 months(387 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 387dME resident >60d · 387dME CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Apr 19, 2023
387d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
→ Notified: Apr 19, 2023
387d 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: Apr 19, 2023	387d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 28, 2022 → Notified: Apr 19, 2023	387d	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

Maine State AGJul 22 · first

Montana State AGJul 22 · first

Oregon State AGJul 22 · first

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Vermont State AG+271d

California State AG+271d

Maine State AG+271d · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/9fcd58cb-212c-49c8-a196-eb7f20a3295b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 19, 2023
Raw hash: aa622ba96c8f7c6bd0e98c288bca4408984692993dea9705255bd7b13593f807

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