HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowResolved

JJF Management

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2024

Filed

Apr 25, 2025

To disclose

28 days

Affected

129state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for JJF Management →

JJF Management d/b/a Fitzgerald Auto Malls reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on February 4, 2024. The incident was discovered on March 28, 2025, after forensic review confirmed access to personal information including names. 129 Maine residents were affected. The company engaged external cybersecurity professionals, secured its network, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 4, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 25, 2025446d ✗ ME AG >90d28 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 · 15 months / 446 days

Feb 4, 2024

Begins

Feb 4, 2024

Discovered

Apr 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_036967adfa598d972025-04-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3d754a6e7beec51e2025-04-25Verified
Vermont State AGbd_a465ab5d0026ed7d2025-04-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ed0a5a34c0ac54d02025-04-28 · +3dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins
Industry: Legal Services

Name: JJF Management
norm: jjf management
Industry: Retail_Consumer
Also named: JJF Managementdba oflegal entity
Fitzgerald Auto Mallsdba oftrade name
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 4, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 129state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network and mitigate against any additional harm
Launched an investigation assisted by external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted a thorough manual review of the data potentially contained on the impacted servers
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through CyberScout via TransUnion
Changes made: Strengthened our network and implemented additional security improvements recommended by third-party cyber security experts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 446dME resident >180d · 446d
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: Feb 4, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Apr 25, 2025
446d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 4, 2024
→ Notified: Apr 25, 2025
446d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 4, 2024 → Filed with AG: Apr 25, 2025	446d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 4, 2024 → Notified: Apr 25, 2025	446d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 25 · first

Indiana State AGApr 25 · first

Vermont State AGApr 25 · first

Maine State AGApr 25 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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-a1252b4f8318/31d2ab6d-85bd-42c7-b612-be4d4f891fff.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2025
Raw hash: 87b3bdbdfe851a12591583236452629e2ee990144dec60c353c9a01ac9fe9a68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityJJF Management

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network and mitigate against any additional harm

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov