HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Advantage Title & Escrow

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 25, 2022

Filed

Feb 17, 2022

To disclose

23 days

Affected · nationwide

2,7862 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Advantage Title & Escrow →

Advantage Title & Escrow reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred between September 3, 2019, and September 30, 2019. The breach was discovered on January 25, 2022. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. The company notified the 2 affected Maine residents on February 18, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 25, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 17, 202223d ✓ ME AG ≤30d23 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 · 875 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

Sep 3, 2019

Begins

Jan 25, 2022

Discovered

Feb 17, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0ec02314ade2fc772022-02-18 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2df387ed52e605112022-02-23 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_47e410c4ad3f7dc52022-02-27 · +10dVerified

Name: Advantage Title & Escrow
norm: advantage title escrow

Name: Advantage Title & Escrow
norm: advantage title escrow

Discovered: Jan 25, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 3, 2019 – Sep 30, 2019
Undetected for: 875 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 18, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,786state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 23d
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: Jan 25, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 17, 2022
23d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 25, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 17, 2022	23d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGFeb 17 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Montana State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Feb 17 (ME), last Feb 27 (MT) — a 10-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-a1252b4f8318/471fa7e2-2d71-44ea-be75-830acd4821d9.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2022
Raw hash: 2228a927a2151af3613ff0b29ae3ee80418a901dc691e92d2d940ee4853606fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvantage Title & Escrow

Victim entityAdvantage Title & Escrow

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring services.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov