HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Friedman & Huey Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2024

Filed

Aug 30, 2024

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

1652 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Friedman & Huey Associates →

Friedman & Huey Associates LLP reported an external system breach (hacking) on August 12, 2024, affecting 165 individuals. Unauthorized access to email systems occurred between August 12 and 13, 2024, potentially exposing names, SSNs, and financial account data. Notices were sent on August 30, 2024, and 24 months of credit monitoring via Experian was offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 12, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 30, 202418d ✓ ME AG ≤30d18 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Aug 12, 2024

Begins

Aug 12, 2024

Discovered

Aug 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_0729cfe67795dbb22024-10-11 · +42dVerified

Name: Friedman & Huey Associates
norm: friedman huey associates
Domain: fhassoc.com

Name: Friedman & Huey Associates
norm: friedman huey associates
Domain: fhassoc.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 12, 2024 – Aug 13, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 30, 2024
Affected individuals: 165state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation to confirm the full nature and scope of the activity
Undertook a thorough review of the potentially impacted records
Provided written notice of this incident to two (2) Maine residents
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 24 months, through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing policies and procedures and restoring our network from the ground up to implement additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 18d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 12, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 30, 2024
18d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 12, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 30, 2024	18d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGAug 30 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+42d

Pattern: first filing Aug 30 (ME), last Oct 11 (IN) — a 42-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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/90c4f620-d388-45ff-bc31-f62a80356935.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 30, 2024
Raw hash: f1c89e9423ef82fec6285ebc0f792676106883259752786116ba08fbd8d83f02

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFriedman & Huey Associates

Victim entityFriedman & Huey Associates

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to confirm the full nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov