Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

McCabe & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 11, 2021

Filed

Jul 2, 2021

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

2,9005 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for McCabe & Associates →2 incidents on file

McCabe & Associates, a financial services firm, experienced a data breach due to a phishing attack that led to a credential compromise. The breach occurred on March 30, 2021, was discovered on June 11, 2021, and affected 2,900 individuals. The compromised information included names and financial account details, including access codes. The company provided written notification and 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services from Equifax to affected individuals starting on July 2, 2021.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 11, 2021 → Filed with AG Jul 2, 202121d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 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 · 73 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Mar 30, 2021

Begins

Jun 11, 2021

Discovered

Jul 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2974365b031aa2d82021-07-02Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c1a6ff872d2937002021-07-02Verified

Name: McCabe & Associates
norm: mccabe associates

Name: McCabe & Associates
norm: mccabe associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2021
Undetected for: 73 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 2, 2021
Affected individuals: 2,900state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sent written notifications to affected consumers.
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services from Equifax.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 21d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 11, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jul 2, 2021
21d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 11, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jul 2, 2021	21d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJul 2 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 2 · first

Maine State AGJul 2 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e4af7838-535e-4032-a71a-bbbf14c1c011.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 2, 2021
Raw hash: ed46ca055d685e1ce8e98f3cd925ea0611ad464510f0f94f1be98f6356fed784

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcCabe & Associates

Victim entityMcCabe & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jun 11, 2021

Stated responseSent written notifications to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov