Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

City of Orange Beach

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

Mar 12, 2025

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1082 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Orange Beach →

City of Orange City, FL, notified 108 individuals (including 2 Maine residents) of a data breach occurring on August 1, 2024. An independent journalist's public records request led to the inadvertent disclosure of unredacted personal information. The city engaged external professionals and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Cyberscout.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 1, 2024 → Filed with AG Mar 12, 2025223d ✗ ME AG >90d32 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 223 days

Aug 1, 2024

Begins

Aug 1, 2024

Discovered

Mar 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed108 affectedView incident

Name: City of Orange Beach
norm: city of orange beach

Name: City of Orange Beach
norm: city of orange beach
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 108state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalEspionage
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(223 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 223dME resident >180d · 221d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Mar 12, 2025
223d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
→ Notified: Mar 10, 2025
221d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 1, 2024 → Filed with AG: Mar 12, 2025	223d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 1, 2024 → Notified: Mar 10, 2025	221d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-a1252b4f8318/123d64d1-5779-4afa-83a3-02de34a47515.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 12, 2025
Raw hash: 4aa823260e4dcf5572f29a3e2d238b0ddcfa82965b5685a23bd7e81dc5a3a97d

Reporting entityCity of Orange Beach

Victim entityCity of Orange Beach

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2024

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov