DisclosureLens
HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Fred Smith Plumbing and Heating Company

bd_fbe450727ae9f6a4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 28, 2021

Filed

Jan 10, 2022

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1481 in this filing

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Fred Smith Plumbing and Heating Company →

Fred Smith Plumbing and Heating Company reported an external system breach affecting 148 individuals. The breach occurred on June 3, 2021, and was discovered on September 28, 2021. The compromised information included names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. In response, the company offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 28, 2021 → Filed with AG Jan 10, 2022104d ✗ ME AG >90d15 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 · 117 days
discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 104 days

Jun 3, 2021

Begins

Sep 28, 2021

Discovered

Jan 10, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed148 affectedView incident

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.