HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ascension Capital Partners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 23, 2024

Filed

Feb 19, 2025

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1361 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ascension Capital Partners →

Ascension Capital Partners, a financial services firm, disclosed a data breach where an unauthorized third party accessed a Microsoft 365 email account on May 15, 2024. The incident exposed names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of 136 individuals. Ascension secured the account, engaged forensic experts, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 23, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 19, 2025272d ✗ ME AG >90d39 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 · 8 days

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 272 days

May 15, 2024

Begins

May 23, 2024

Discovered

Feb 19, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+30 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed136 affectedView incident

Name: Pierson Ferdinand LLP
norm: pierson ferdinand
Domain: pierferd.com

Name: Ascension Capital Partners
norm: ascension capital
Domain: about.ascension.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 23, 2024
Breach occurred: May 15, 2024
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2024
Affected individuals: 136state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account
Launched an internal investigation
Retained external, nationally recognized computer forensic experts to assess the scope of the incident
Offering complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll for 12 months
Changes made: Promptly deleted Umbridge employee information from its servers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(272 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 272dME resident >180d · 222d
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: May 23, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 19, 2025
272d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: May 23, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 31, 2024
222d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 23, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 19, 2025	272d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: May 23, 2024 → Notified: Dec 31, 2024	222d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/c56fb1d3-4871-4fff-acc3-6bbca03e1ea8.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 19, 2025
Raw hash: ddbf5526e79bd8d23d41210f146799cf3b3bd5e563f870f0db7aae64751cecff

Reporting entityPierson Ferdinand LLP

Victim entityAscension Capital Partners

Incidentdiscovered May 23, 2024

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov