HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 18, 2024

Filed

May 28, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc. →

Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc. notified consumers of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Feb 1-19, 2024. The incident exposed names and contact information. The firm engaged forensic specialists and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 100 days

Feb 1, 2024

Begins

Feb 18, 2024

Discovered

May 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_d9ce60ea203bb1212024-05-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_eaac0250598c2f0a2024-06-04 · +7dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_55c9b42d4c232f972024-06-05 · +8dVerified
Montana State AGbd_eebfd3ed1e2a79ef2024-06-05 · +8dVerified

Name: Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.
norm: matthews gold kennedy snow

Name: Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.
norm: matthews gold kennedy snow
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2024 – Feb 19, 2024
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged I.T. team and third-party forensic specialists to investigate
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring service for twelve (12) months provided by Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Provided information about steps to help protect against fraud and identity theft
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(100 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 28 · first

Vermont State AGMay 28 · first · this page

Maine State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Montana State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing May 28 (IN), last Jun 5 (MT) — 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/2024-05-28-matthews-gold-kennedy-snow-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2024
Raw hash: 8eeb674e491476a104b8066e2dcb038064471704e994850a300c1134a882d91d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMatthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

Victim entityMatthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2024

Stated responseEngaged I.T. team and third-party forensic specialists to investigate

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov