HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Financière des Professionnels

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 11, 2021

Filed

Jul 6, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected · nationwide

16,8451 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Financière des Professionnels →

Financière des Professionnels, a financial services entity based in Montreal, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between January 19, 2021, and April 2, 2021. The incident compromised the personal information of 16,845 individuals, including names and driver's license numbers. One Maine resident was affected. The company notified affected individuals in writing on July 8, 2021, and provided five years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 11, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 6, 2021145d ✗ ME AG >90d21 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 · 23 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 145 days

Jan 19, 2021

Begins

Feb 11, 2021

Discovered

Jul 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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_a0b417f9999d02b52021-07-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fff28e00e01497d72021-07-12 · +6dVerified

Name: Financière des Professionnels
norm: financiere des professionnels

Name: Financière des Professionnels
norm: financiere des professionnels
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 19, 2021 – Apr 2, 2021
Undetected for: 23 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 16,845state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 5 years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(145 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 145dME resident >60d · 147d
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: Feb 11, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jul 6, 2021
145d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 11, 2021
→ Notified: Jul 8, 2021
147d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 11, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jul 6, 2021	145d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 11, 2021 → Notified: Jul 8, 2021	147d	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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Massachusetts State AGJul 6 · first

Maine State AGJul 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jul 6 (MA), last Jul 12 (NH) — a 6-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-a1252b4f8318/1b63274e-ad07-4163-b36a-4fa57abc0154.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2021
Raw hash: dd4a05fd5836597a63d9c932ddfa46417a37801a3f2adffc7c73ca39559f3d34

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFinancière des Professionnels

Victim entityFinancière des Professionnels

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov