HackingTelecom & MediaInformationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Total Wireless

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 10, 2025

Filed

Jan 9, 2026

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8,58313 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Total Wireless →

Total Wireless reported a third-party data breach involving its identity verification provider, Veriff. The incident, occurring on November 18, 2025, and discovered on December 10, 2025, exposed government-issued ID images, postal addresses, and dates of birth for approximately 8,583 individuals, including 13 Maine residents. Total Wireless notified law enforcement and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 10, 2025 → Filed with AG Jan 9, 202630d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 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 · 22 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 18, 2025

Begins

Dec 10, 2025

Discovered

Jan 9, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_13f02acc3eea59582026-01-09Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_421e484843bb56832026-01-09Verified
Indiana State AGbd_522330d0bde81a552026-01-09Verified
Vermont State AGbd_60a42f6940cf473e2026-01-09Verified

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Nebraska State AGbd_9b10c81655ec004a2026-01-09Verified
Montana State AGbd_c7d46e788ff0b5642026-01-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_84250aa00d5d04012026-01-10 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_35f9dbfd39d472412026-01-13 · +4dVerified

Name: Total Wireless
norm: total wireless

Name: Total Wireless
norm: total wireless
Industry: Telecom & Mediallm

Discovered: Dec 10, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 18, 2025
Undetected for: 22 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 9, 2026
Affected individuals: 8,583state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement authorities
Third party: via Veriff
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Total Wireless has notified law enforcement authorities about this issue
Total Wireless has arranged with Experian to offer affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 12 months
Total Wireless began working with Veriff to identify affected individuals
Total Wireless is taking steps to help ensure appropriate measures are implemented to prevent this from happening again
Changes made: Veriff took steps to secure its systems
Veriff determined the nature of the issue
Veriff retained a cybersecurity firm to assist with the incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 30d
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: Dec 10, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jan 9, 2026
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 10, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jan 9, 2026	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 8 states

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California State AGJan 9 · first

Indiana State AGJan 9 · first

Vermont State AGJan 9 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 9 · first

Montana State AGJan 9 · first

Maine State AGJan 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Texas State AG+4d

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/d711bedf-6bbc-45cc-b333-62e961653bd7.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2026
Raw hash: d61c46dc9e72ef669a6511a7c35a7e35c1d276237211b0f2020669ebbf197fef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTotal Wireless

Victim entityTotal Wireless

Incidentdiscovered Dec 10, 2025

Stated responseTotal Wireless has notified law enforcement authorities about this issue

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov