DisclosureLens
HackingProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Smith Protective Management

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 2, 2021

Filed

Oct 26, 2021

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

79,4503 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Smith Protective Management

Smith Protective Management reported an external system breach that occurred from July 30 to August 1, 2021, and was discovered on August 2, 2021. The incident affected 79,450 individuals, compromising names and financial account numbers with associated security codes or PINs. The company provided written notification to affected consumers on October 20, 2021, and offered one year of identity theft protection services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 2, 2021Filed with AG Oct 26, 202185d ME AG >30d12 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 · 3 days
discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

Jul 30, 2021

Begins

Aug 2, 2021

Discovered

Oct 26, 2021

Filed

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

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGOct 20 · first
Indiana State AGOct 20 · first
Maine State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 20 (MT), last Oct 26 (ME) — 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.