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Shawmut Communications Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 26, 2021

Filed

Feb 8, 2022

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2734 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Shawmut Communications Group →

Shawmut Communications Group, a commercial entity, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General's office. The breach was an external system hacking incident that occurred and was discovered on October 26, 2021. It affected 4 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company notified the affected individuals in writing on February 8, 2022, and offered two years of identity monitoring and restoration services through a third-party provider, IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 26, 2021 → Filed with AG Feb 8, 2022105d ✗ ME AG >90d15 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 105 days

Oct 26, 2021

Begins

Oct 26, 2021

Discovered

Feb 8, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGFeb 8 · first
Maine State AGFeb 8 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Feb 8 (MA), last Feb 14 (NH) — a 6-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.