DisclosureLens
HackingGovernmentGovernmentDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office

bd_9dfff1c2849fd308 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 14, 2022

Filed

May 11, 2022

To disclose

27 days

Affected · nationwide

561 in this filing

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office →3 incidents on file

St. Lucie County Tax Collector, a government entity, reported a data breach affecting 56 individuals, including one Maine resident. The breach occurred between June 23, 2021, and August 4, 2021, and was discovered on April 14, 2022. The compromised information included names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. Affected individuals were notified in writing on May 11, 2022. The breach was described as an external system breach or hacking incident.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 14, 2022 → Filed with AG May 11, 202227d ✓ ME AG ≤30d27 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 · 295 days
discovery → filing · 27 days

Jun 23, 2021

Begins

Apr 14, 2022

Discovered

May 11, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed56 affectedView incident

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.