HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Legacy Professionals, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

60state residents only

Linked

13 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Legacy Professionals, LLP →

Legacy Professionals, LLP, an accounting firm, reported an external system breach (hacking) on April 25, 2024, discovered in late April 2024. The incident resulted in the exfiltration of names, Social Security numbers, and other personal identifiers from 60 Maine residents. Notices were sent on February 27, 2025, offering 24 months of credit monitoring. The firm terminated access, engaged forensic specialists, and reported the incident to federal law enforcement.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d44 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 · 44 weeks / 309 days

Apr 25, 2024

Begins

Apr 25, 2024

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lockbit_3 about this victim was first seen 201 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_182272a7ffb5a97d2025-02-28Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_2b2c9c813c33d3412025-02-28Verified
California State AGbd_668ab37ff5d363e42025-02-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_82d3ee4a1c2164892025-02-28Verified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 70d gap

Maryland State AGbd_e36cc97a1f40851d2025-02-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_f2771bcbb0bec0722025-02-28Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_348f472909d954c82025-02-27 · +1dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_57931229329098382025-02-27 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_6a3248ad6530de472025-02-27 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_052763491bdaac522025-05-09 · +70dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Legacy Professionals, LLP
norm: legacy professionals
Domain: legacycpas.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: Legacy Professionals, LLP
norm: legacy professionals
Domain: legacycpas.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2025
Affected individuals: 60state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Ensured the unauthorized access had been terminated
Began investigating what happened
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Offering 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented even more stringent access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(309 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dME AG >30d · 309dME resident >60d · 308d
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 25, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025
309d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Apr 25, 2024
→ Notified: Feb 27, 2025
308d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 25, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025	309d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Apr 25, 2024 → Notified: Feb 27, 2025	308d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

View merged incident ↗

Nebraska State AGFeb 27 · first

Iowa State AGFeb 27 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 27 · first

HHS OCR+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maryland State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

Washington State AG+71d

Pattern: first filing Feb 27 (NE), last May 9 (WA) — a 71-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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-a1252b4f8318/869d41de-c894-49f3-be2a-639077db5b36.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 22af14246f55dd721f84bbd6a36e658e997aa9f571b657c496b8841b8182bbd7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLegacy Professionals, LLP

Victim entityLegacy Professionals, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2024

Stated responseEnsured the unauthorized access had been terminated

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov