HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIFinancial accountHighActive

Robert E. Whitley, Jr., P.A., Attorney at Law

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 14, 2025

Filed

May 28, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,6261 in this filing

Confidence

66%

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Robert E. Whitley, Jr., P.A., an attorney at law, disclosed an external system breach on April 14, 2025, affecting 2,626 individuals. The firm notified clients on May 22, 2025, offering 12 months of identity theft protection. Exposed data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs, PHI, and payment account info.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 14, 2025 → Filed with AG May 28, 202544d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Apr 14, 2025

Begins

Apr 14, 2025

Discovered

May 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,626 affectedView incident

Name: Robert E. Whitley, Jr., P.A., Attorney at Law
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Name: Robert E. Whitley, Jr., P.A., Attorney at Law
norm: robert e whitley jr pa attorney at law
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 22, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,626state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified and are cooperating with state regulators and law enforcement in connection to this incident
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified and working with the Firm’s outside information technology (“IT”) support to mitigate the impact and to limit any further outside access to Firm data
Engaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents to assist us with our response and to assess the full scope of information impacted
Notified and are cooperating with state regulators and law enforcement in connection to this incident
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Work with cybersecurity professionals to evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of the information we maintain
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 44d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 14, 2025
→ Filed with AG: May 28, 2025
44d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 14, 2025 → Filed with AG: May 28, 2025	44d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

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/b6a9600e-32d5-4e35-921b-4abc8bd07537.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2025
Raw hash: 33cd0e5ed8c00528d1b45e55ac0b65c856a4c8867dc278945f560d6cc5412762

Reporting entityRobert E. Whitley, Jr., P.A., Attorney at Law

Victim entityRobert E. Whitley, Jr., P.A., Attorney at Law

Incidentdiscovered Apr 14, 2025

Stated responseNotified and working with the Firm’s outside information technology (“IT”) support to mitigate the impact and to limit any further outside access to Firm data

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov