HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Career Group, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 6, 2021

Filed

Aug 31, 2021

To disclose

25 days

Affected · nationwide

49,47618 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Career Group, Inc. →

Career Group, Inc., a staffing agency, reported an external system breach that occurred between June 28, 2021, and July 7, 2021. The incident was discovered on August 6, 2021, and impacted 49,476 individuals. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Career Group offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 6, 2021 → Filed with AG Aug 31, 202125d ✓ ME AG ≤30d25 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 · 39 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

Jun 28, 2021

Begins

Aug 6, 2021

Discovered

Aug 31, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_51c19442da2d3c702021-08-31Verified
Montana State AGbd_ad232bdb051313362021-08-31Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bb17bfc6daca99022021-08-31Verified
California State AGbd_d1dbb9a76fd0eadf2021-08-31Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_8c8eded5538e40312021-09-07 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_969931aadb8d57a42021-01-01 · +242dCandidate

Name: Career Group, Inc.
norm: career group

Name: Career Group, Inc.
norm: career group
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 6, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 7, 2021
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2021
Affected individuals: 49,476state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Sent written notification to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 25d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 6, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Aug 31, 2021
25d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 6, 2021 → Filed with AG: Aug 31, 2021	25d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+242d

Montana State AG+242d

Massachusetts State AG+242d

California State AG+242d

Maine State AG+242d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+249d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 7 (NH) — a 249-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/fc8485a3-fdc3-46c5-9705-b9cf302e0902.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2021
Raw hash: ab2f8cffe8457463e73d349e377039f196dba040fec3db002e486524e6187759

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareer Group, Inc.

Victim entityCareer Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 6, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of Experian credit monitoring and identity theft protection services

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov