Social EngineeringGovernmentGovernmentPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

County of Cumberland

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 4, 2023

Filed

Feb 14, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,9481 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for County of Cumberland →

The County of Cumberland (PA) reported a phishing incident on October 4, 2023, affecting 1,948 individuals. The breach exposed names and Social Security Numbers. One Maine resident was affected. Written notifications were sent on February 14, 2024, offering 12 months of Experian IdentityWorksSM services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 4, 2023 → Filed with AG Feb 14, 2024133d ✗ ME AG >90d19 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 · 19 weeks / 133 days

Oct 4, 2023

Begins

Oct 4, 2023

Discovered

Feb 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_46280cde45022bb52024-02-14Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4c81f48289759c9d2024-02-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ffe1a6097949e6302024-02-14Verified

Name: County of Cumberland
norm: county of cumberland
Domain: cumberlandcountypa.gov

Name: County of Cumberland
norm: county of cumberland
Domain: cumberlandcountypa.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Oct 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,948state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorksSM identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 133dME resident >60d · 133d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 4, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Feb 14, 2024
133d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 4, 2023
→ Notified: Feb 14, 2024
133d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 4, 2023 → Filed with AG: Feb 14, 2024	133d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 4, 2023 → Notified: Feb 14, 2024	133d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGFeb 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 14 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

Maine State AGFeb 14 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/1742aa35-08e7-4334-b01d-1b870b69e6fe.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2024
Raw hash: 717052ee1d289544c5308f370567013ef0475a5b9ab1801d546033bba8fb9300

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCounty of Cumberland

Victim entityCounty of Cumberland

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov