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Barry J. Kay & Co., CPAs

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 10, 2022

Filed

Oct 27, 2022

To disclose

17 days

Affected · nationwide

2961 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Barry J. Kay & Co., CPAs →

On September 21, 2022, Barry J. Kay & Co., CPAs, experienced an external system breach (hacking). The breach was discovered on October 10, 2022. The compromised information includes names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected. The company offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services provided by Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 10, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 27, 202217d ✓ ME AG ≤30d17 days 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 · 19 days
discovery → filing · 17 days

Sep 21, 2022

Begins

Oct 10, 2022

Discovered

Oct 27, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 27 · first
Maine State AGOct 27 · first · this page

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.