DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Carmel Minogue CPA & Associates,

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 23, 2024

Filed

May 23, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,3791 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

63%
Full breach record for Carmel Minogue CPA & Associates, →

Carmel Minogue CPA & Associates, a financial services firm, reported a data breach affecting 2,379 individuals. The breach, which occurred between February 22 and February 23, 2024, was discovered on February 23, 2024. The incident was described as an external system breach (hacking). Affected information includes names combined with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes or PINs. The company began notifying affected individuals in writing on May 14, 2024, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring services through Cyberscout.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 23, 2024 → Filed with AG May 23, 202490d ⏱ ME AG >30d13 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 · 1 days
discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 90 days

Feb 22, 2024

Begins

Feb 23, 2024

Discovered

May 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGMay 23 · first · this page
Montana State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 23 (ME), last May 28 (MT) — 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.