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Black, Gould & Associates

bd_0479658b2be9cddb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 13, 2022

Filed

Dec 5, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

42,5683 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Black, Gould & Associates →

Black, Gould & Associates, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack between August 31 and September 10, 2022, discovered on October 13, 2022. The breach compromised personal identifiers along with Social Security Numbers, affecting 3 Maine residents. The company provided affected individuals with one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 13, 2022 → Filed with AG Dec 5, 202253d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 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 · 43 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Aug 31, 2022

Begins

Oct 13, 2022

Discovered

Dec 5, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGDec 5 · first
California State AGDec 5 · first
Montana State AGDec 5 · first
Maine State AGDec 5 · first · this page
New Hampshire 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.