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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDCritical

Welfare & Pension Administration Service

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 20, 2021

Filed

Feb 18, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

211,8221 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Welfare & Pension Administration Service →2 incidents on file

Welfare & Pension Administration Service, Inc. (WPAS) reported an external system breach that occurred on July 21, 2021, and was discovered on December 20, 2021. The breach affected one Maine resident, compromising their name and Social Security Number. WPAS began notifying affected individuals on February 18, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 20, 2021 → Filed with AG Feb 18, 202260d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 152 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jul 21, 2021

Begins

Dec 20, 2021

Discovered

Feb 18, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 109d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jun 7 (ME) — a 157-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.