Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Ives Sultan & Spike CPAs

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 1, 2020

Filed

Sep 16, 2021

To disclose

50 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,2226 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for Ives Sultan & Spike CPAs →

Ives Sultan & Spike CPAs, a financial services company, reported an email phishing incident that occurred on May 12, 2020. The breach was discovered in October 2020 and affected 6 Maine residents. The compromised data included names and Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on September 16, 2021, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 1, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 16, 2021350d ✗ ME AG >90d50 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 142 days

discovery → filing · 50 weeks / 350 days

May 12, 2020

Begins

Oct 1, 2020

Discovered

Sep 16, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+42 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19d163b0e065f5d12021-09-16Verified
Montana State AGbd_20bc1895c8eb3bb62021-09-16Candidate
Maine State AGbd_729954edd64462432021-09-16Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_bf0bfb916450d6642021-09-16Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_61d5dff879b01c6a2021-09-21 · +5dVerified

Name: Ives Sultan & Spike CPAs
norm: ives sultan spike cpas

Name: Ives Sultan & Spike CPAs
norm: ives sultan spike cpas
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2020
Breach occurred: May 12, 2020
Undetected for: 142 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2021
Affected individuals: 6,222state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 50 weeks(350 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 350dME resident >180d · 350d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 1, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 16, 2021
350d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 1, 2020
→ Notified: Sep 16, 2021
350d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 1, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 16, 2021	350d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 1, 2020 → Notified: Sep 16, 2021	350d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 16 · first

Montana State AGSep 16 · first

Maine State AGSep 16 · first

Indiana State AGSep 16 · first

Maine State AGSep 16 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 16 (MA), last Sep 21 (NH) — a 5-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/b42959e3-7c8c-40e0-ac69-b12587e543cb.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 16, 2021
Raw hash: b51f7b6159692457f5ad79e17854fe7419330d8dc4c782318d267e1eb8ee5433

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIves Sultan & Spike CPAs

Victim entityIves Sultan & Spike CPAs

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2020

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services through TransUnion

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov