Clustered 2 filings across 2 jurisdictions · filed Dec 23, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_dba06836a9cd4f3c · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.
Government ID · Identity (basic)
IL ME
HHS OCR · State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Sep 9, 2021 → Sep 12, 2021
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Sep 12, 2021
Reported by MAINE AG filing
C.E. Niehoff & Company reported to HHS on 2021-12-23 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1509 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The cyberattack compromised PHI including names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, diagnoses, and medications. The CE provided credit monitoring and strengthened safeguards.
Affected (this filing): 1,509
C.E. Niehoff & Co. reported a ransomware incident affecting 1,509 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The breach occurred between September 9 and 12, 2021, compromising names and Social Security Numbers. The company notified affected individuals in writing on December 23, 2021, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring through Experian.
Affected (this filing): 1,509
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.