UnknownGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Town of Winthrop, Maine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 14, 2022

Filed

Oct 5, 2022

To disclose

21 days

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Town of Winthrop, Maine →

The Town of Winthrop, Maine, experienced a data security incident discovered on September 14, 2022. The breach affected 3 individuals and involved the exposure of names and Social Security numbers. The town provided 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 14, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 5, 202221d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 days 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 · 21 days

Sep 14, 2022

Begins

Sep 14, 2022

Discovered

Oct 5, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Town of Winthrop, Maine
norm: town of winthrop maine

Name: Town of Winthrop, Maine
norm: town of winthrop maine
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Sep 14, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 14, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 5, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 21d
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: Sep 14, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Oct 5, 2022
21d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 14, 2022 → Filed with AG: Oct 5, 2022	21d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

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/f6e625cc-41ca-49be-9a6d-e2ce4abfdde9.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2022
Raw hash: c2dca371d906da732845318862063bd1ad48f2c7cc640ee3187b01fe517302f8

Reporting entityTown of Winthrop, Maine

Victim entityTown of Winthrop, Maine

Incidentdiscovered Sep 14, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov