HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

MCLANE MIDDLETON, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 17, 2020

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected · nationwide

62415 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for MCLANE MIDDLETON, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION →

McLane Middleton, a professional services firm, reported a data breach affecting 15 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred and was discovered on August 17, 2020, was described as an external system breach or hacking incident. The compromised information included names or other personal identifiers in combination with Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on December 8, 2020, and offered 24 months of 3-bureau credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 17, 2020 → Filed with AG Dec 9, 2020114d ✗ ME AG >90d16 weeks 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 · 16 weeks / 114 days

Aug 17, 2020

Begins

Aug 17, 2020

Discovered

Dec 9, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_72002b443a0c979d2020-12-15 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_76d92ecd500d6a062020-12-23 · +14dVerified

Name: MCLANE MIDDLETON, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
norm: mclane middleton professional

Name: MCLANE MIDDLETON, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
norm: mclane middleton professional

Discovered: Aug 17, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 17, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 8, 2020
Affected individuals: 624state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 24-month, 3-bureau credit monitoring.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(114 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 114dME resident >60d · 113d
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 17, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Dec 9, 2020
114d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 17, 2020
→ Notified: Dec 8, 2020
113d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 17, 2020 → Filed with AG: Dec 9, 2020	114d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 17, 2020 → Notified: Dec 8, 2020	113d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGDec 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Dec 9 (ME), last Dec 23 (NH) — a 14-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/b16f7679-8aa9-4976-aaff-8eedade530b4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2020
Raw hash: 96618d925b05b7e86067090b51a9eb06f0871a756ab52dbe83148ff57bc2ed03

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCLANE MIDDLETON, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Victim entityMCLANE MIDDLETON, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Incidentdiscovered Aug 17, 2020

Stated responseOffered 24-month, 3-bureau credit monitoring.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov