HackingGovernmentGovernmentCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

City of Wheat Ridge

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 14, 2022

Filed

Oct 5, 2022

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

5,1173 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Wheat Ridge →

City of Wheat Ridge, a Colorado municipality, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on August 5, 2022, discovered on September 14, 2022. The incident affected 5,117 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and driver's license numbers. The City provided 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 14, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 5, 202221d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 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 · 40 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Aug 5, 2022

Begins

Sep 14, 2022

Discovered

Oct 5, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_8ff977e8af90c3452022-09-28 · +7dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_ceff7d5d4bc1ef532022-09-28 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d207aed9af43826b2022-09-28 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_40ec2b8e3e4b4dfb2022-12-20 · +76dVerified

Name: City of Wheat Ridge
norm: city of wheat ridge
Industry: government_public

Name: City of Wheat Ridge
norm: city of wheat ridge
Industry: government_public
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Sep 14, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2022
Undetected for: 40 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 5,117state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of credit monitoring, web scanning, identity restoration services, fraud consultation services, and identity fraud loss reimbursement through IDX
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: 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: 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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGSep 28 · first

Indiana State AGSep 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 28 · first

Maine State AG+7d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+83d

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (MT), last Dec 20 (NH) — a 83-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-a1252b4f8318/7ca737d4-6f01-4e13-9a9c-d373cfe203b5.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: 3da84fa6192b377a13c96a1a67557e3517bdd3b64e79b1ed41fb0345bc90d651

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCity of Wheat Ridge

Victim entityCity of Wheat Ridge

Incidentdiscovered Sep 14, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov