HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Adams Samartino & Co., PC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 6, 2025

Filed

Aug 29, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6273 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Adams Samartino & Co., PC →

Adams Samartino & Co., PC reported an external system breach (hacking) on March 6, 2025, where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account. The incident affected 627 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The firm engaged third-party specialists, secured the account, and implemented additional technical safeguards. Notification letters were sent on August 29, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 6, 2025 → Filed with AG Aug 29, 2025176d ⏱ ME AG >30d25 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 · 25 weeks / 176 days

Mar 6, 2025

Begins

Mar 6, 2025

Discovered

Aug 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_4d07fac41480d97e2025-08-29Verified
Vermont State AGbd_89199f84d4abb2352025-08-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f12f9749ae5adf462025-08-30 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b8d16b8e918065162025-09-02 · +4dVerified

Name: Adams Samartino & Co., PC
norm: adams samartino

Name: Adams Samartino & Co., PC
norm: adams samartino
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 6, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 6, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 627state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Engaged a team of third-party specialists to investigate the incident
Reviewed the contents of the email account
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in its possession
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services provided by IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 176dME resident >60d · 176d
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: Mar 6, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Aug 29, 2025
176d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 6, 2025
→ Notified: Aug 29, 2025
176d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 6, 2025 → Filed with AG: Aug 29, 2025	176d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 6, 2025 → Notified: Aug 29, 2025	176d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Vermont State AGAug 29 · first

Maine State AGAug 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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-a1252b4f8318/38c5c2b2-0d7a-4f41-87a5-29a9a2d687d4.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2025
Raw hash: bf50a60505ffb2e12406f90a70a47ce504d4c918dad316afa866fe1be5951501

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdams Samartino & Co., PC

Victim entityAdams Samartino & Co., PC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 6, 2025

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov