Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hermann Financial Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 25, 2025

Filed

Oct 15, 2025

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9301 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hermann Financial Services →

Hermann Financial Services experienced a phishing incident where an employee email account was compromised between June 12 and June 25, 2025. The attacker accessed emails containing personal information (names, SSNs, driver's licenses) of 930 individuals, including one Maine resident. Notifications were sent on October 15, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 25, 2025 → Filed with AG Oct 15, 2025112d ✗ ME AG >90d16 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 · 13 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Jun 12, 2025

Begins

Jun 25, 2025

Discovered

Oct 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Vermont State AGbd_972bc365c4d0aff72025-10-15Verified
Delaware State AGbd_a930c1b5b1f086d82025-10-15Verified

Name: Hermann Financial Services
norm: hermann financial

Name: Hermann Financial Services
norm: hermann financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 25, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 12, 2025 – Jun 25, 2025
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 15, 2025
Affected individuals: 930state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the password
Launched an investigation
Reviewed all of the emails and attachments from the account for personal information
Started mailing notice letters to the impacted individuals
Offering complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Continue to assess its security procedures and training
Enhance the security of its email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 112d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 25, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Oct 15, 2025
112d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 25, 2025 → Filed with AG: Oct 15, 2025	112d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGOct 15 · first

Delaware State AGOct 15 · first

Maine State AGOct 15 · 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-a1252b4f8318/820aa7c2-9429-4678-a9f9-5b97472c7e41.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2025
Raw hash: 36b112d351f2fd18c94aafb79fc31454e54912a068b363893be960459dc6f0d6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHermann Financial Services

Victim entityHermann Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Jun 25, 2025

Stated responseChanged the password

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov