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Sims & Campbell

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 10, 2021

Filed

Dec 8, 2021

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8051 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Sims & Campbell →

Sims & Campbell, a law firm, reported a data breach affecting 805 individuals, including one Maine resident. The breach, which occurred on August 4, 2021, and was discovered on August 10, 2021, was the result of an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers and their security codes. The firm notified affected individuals on December 8, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 10, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 8, 2021120d ✗ ME AG >90d17 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 · 6 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Aug 4, 2021

Begins

Aug 10, 2021

Discovered

Dec 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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 AGDec 8 · first
Maine State AGDec 8 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 8 (MA), last Dec 13 (NH) — a 5-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.