HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentLowContained

SMRT Architects & Engineering

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 3, 2023

Filed

Apr 22, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for SMRT Architects & Engineering →

SMRT Architects and Engineers notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to employment records. The incident was discovered on December 3, 2023, when the company learned of unauthorized access to one of its systems. The actor acquired personal data including names and employment information. The company engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday20 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 141 days

Dec 3, 2023

Begins

Dec 3, 2023

Discovered

Apr 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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_37b7b8749674cbe82024-04-23 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4b5c38c3f72cdc8f2024-04-15 · +7dCandidate

Name: SMRT Architects & Engineering
norm: smrt architects engineering

Name: SMRT Architects & Engineering
norm: smrt architects engineering
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure our systems
Engaged outside forensic specialists to assist with determining the nature and scope of the incident
Undertook a thorough investigation with legal counsel and forensic specialists
Offering you complimentary 12-month credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion at no cost to you
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(141 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGApr 15 · first

Vermont State AG+7d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Apr 15 (ME), last Apr 23 (MA) — a 8-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-04-22-smrt-architects-engineering-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 22, 2024
Raw hash: ebbd0fb48f81d46992e4adb56966d2560fc63dae6d5c958d247ec01e33a93c9c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySMRT Architects & Engineering

Victim entitySMRT Architects & Engineering

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov