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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Hart & Patterson Financial Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 29, 2020

Filed

Oct 29, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,02713 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

63%
Full breach record for Hart & Patterson Financial Group2 incidents on file

Hart & Patterson Financial Group (H&P), a financial services firm, reported an external system breach that occurred on June 11, 2020, and was discovered on September 29, 2020. The breach affected 1,027 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security Numbers. Affected individuals were notified on October 29, 2020, and offered one year of identity protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 29, 2020Filed with AG Oct 29, 202030d ME AG ≤30d4 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 · 110 days
discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jun 11, 2020

Begins

Sep 29, 2020

Discovered

Oct 29, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first
Maine State AGOct 29 · 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.