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HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

County of Santa Clara

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 23, 2023

Filed

Aug 10, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

12,7603 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for County of Santa Clara →

The County of Santa Clara, California, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between May 29, 2023, and May 30, 2023. The breach was discovered on June 23, 2023. The incident affected 3 Maine residents and involved the acquisition of names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security numbers. The county began notifying affected individuals on August 9, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 23, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 10, 202348d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 25 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

May 29, 2023

Begins

Jun 23, 2023

Discovered

Aug 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Part of Pension Benefit Information, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGAug 9 · first
Massachusetts State AGAug 9 · first
New Hampshire State AG+1d
Maine State AG+1d · this page

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.