HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Chimienti & Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 22, 2024

Filed

Oct 24, 2024

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Chimienti & Associates →

Chimienti & Associates identified suspicious activity in an internal email account on March 22, 2024. An unauthorized actor viewed or copied data from the account between March 22 and March 26, 2024. Affected data includes names and other personal information. The company investigated, assessed email security, and is offering credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 22, 2024 → Notified Oct 11, 2024203d ✗ CA 60-day late31 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 216 days

Mar 22, 2024

Begins

Mar 22, 2024

Discovered

Oct 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_07f5c5bfda6cfb512024-10-24Verified
Montana State AGbd_1bf794f45172834f2024-10-24Verified
Vermont State AGbd_32cd258e68a1b0542024-10-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4160474d622758d52024-10-24Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_71b2a2fdb77233c72024-10-24Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_df5c45ebd2e7b1892024-10-24Verified

Name: Chimienti & Associates
norm: chimienti associates

Name: Chimienti & Associates
norm: chimienti associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 22, 2024 – Mar 26, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Investigated and responded to the event
Assessed the security of our email tenant
Notified potentially affected individuals
Offering credit and identity monitoring through CyEx
Changes made: Regularly review and enhance our already robust policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(216 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 203d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 22, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 11, 2024
203d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 22, 2024 → Notified: Oct 11, 2024	203d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGOct 24 · first

Montana State AGOct 24 · first

Vermont State AGOct 24 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 24 · first

Oregon State AGOct 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 24 · first

California State AGOct 24 · 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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-593846
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 24, 2024
Raw hash: d646fca431f57fb77ead9bba25a960378a7e3856d677833d86964cd3d8a072db

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChimienti & Associates

Victim entityChimienti & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 22, 2024

Stated responseInvestigated and responded to the event

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov