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Martin Tax & Financial Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 15, 2022

Filed

Apr 29, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

11,2233 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Martin Tax & Financial Services →

Mike Martin & Associates, Inc. d/b/a Martin Tax & Financial Services reported a data breach affecting 11,223 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on May 12, 2021, and was discovered on February 15, 2022, resulted from a phishing event. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. The company provided written notification to affected individuals on April 29, 2022, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 15, 2022 → Filed with AG Apr 29, 202273d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 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 · 279 days
discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

May 12, 2021

Begins

Feb 15, 2022

Discovered

Apr 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 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 ↗
Montana State AGApr 29 · first
Maine State AGApr 29 · 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.