HackingGovernmentGovernmentIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLow

Town of Colchester

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 22, 2021

Filed

Jan 19, 2022

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

3322 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Town of Colchester →

The Town of Colchester reported an external system breach that occurred on December 8, 2021, and was discovered on December 22, 2021. The breach affected 332 individuals, compromising names and financial account or card numbers with associated security codes or PINs. Affected individuals were notified on January 19, 2022, and offered 36 months of identity protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 22, 2021 → Filed with AG Jan 19, 202228d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 14 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Dec 8, 2021

Begins

Dec 22, 2021

Discovered

Jan 19, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_249ac46a7daee3662022-01-19Candidate

Name: Town of Colchester
norm: town of colchester

Name: Town of Colchester
norm: town of colchester
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 8, 2021
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 332state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 36 months of Experian Identity Works 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 28d
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 22, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jan 19, 2022
28d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 22, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jan 19, 2022	28d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AGJan 19 · 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/ff881247-82e7-4eed-8789-c602dde2b8d5.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2022
Raw hash: a7a681b87f16e5fdd9d376811f45840a8dd78f9c568cfa81cfd539bb65d80cc6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTown of Colchester

Victim entityTown of Colchester

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2021

Stated responseOffered 36 months of Experian Identity Works 3B

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov