HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 3, 2026

Filed

Aug 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc. →

Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc. notified 2 Rhode Island residents that their personal information (name and potentially other data) was accessed by an unauthorized actor between April 2 and April 3, 2026. The company first learned of the suspicious event on April 3, 2026. The incident is contained. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, secured its environment, and is offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and fraud assistance through Cyberscout.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

Apr 2, 2026

Begins

Apr 3, 2026

Discovered

Aug 1, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 88 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_8c49fdbed572dce42026-05-05 · +88dCandidate

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_6188b0d68db576882026-08-24 · +23dVerified by operator

Name: Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.
norm: punch associates investment management

Name: Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.
norm: punch associates investment management
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2026
Breach occurred: Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 3, 2026
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 24, 2026
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our environment
Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with our investigation of the activity
Conducted a comprehensive review of this data
Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance security and minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 1 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+23d

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (MA), last Aug 24 (VT) — a 23-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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1420-punch-associates-investment-management-inc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2026
Raw hash: e588d65d6d7872c662f9dcc31cdb0841d86ccb4b7cd2aaa3553eea9135a58dd2

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPunch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.

Victim entityPunch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2026

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our environment

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov