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HackingGovernmentHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

St. Lucie County's Drug Screening Lab

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 28, 2021

Filed

Jan 21, 2022

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

14,5288 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for St. Lucie County's Drug Screening Lab

St. Lucie County's Drug Screening Lab reported a data breach affecting 14,528 individuals, including 8 Maine residents. The breach, described as an internal system breach, occurred between June 2, 2017, and October 13, 2021, and was discovered on December 28, 2021. The compromised information included names and Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on January 20, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 28, 2021Filed with AG Jan 21, 202224d ME AG ≤30d24 days 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 · 1670 days
discovery → filing · 24 days

Jun 2, 2017

Begins

Dec 28, 2021

Discovered

Jan 21, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJan 20 · first
Montana State AGJan 20 · first
Maine State AG+1d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 20 (IN), last Jan 25 (NH) — a 5-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.