HackingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pahl & McCay

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 7, 2023

Filed

Nov 17, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pahl & McCay →

Pahl & McCay experienced unauthorized access to corporate email accounts between May 11, 2023, and June 7, 2023. The company discovered the incident on June 7, 2023. Affected data may include names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The company reset passwords, revoked MFA sessions, and offered credit monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 7, 2023 → Notified Nov 17, 2023163d ✗ CA 60-day late23 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

May 11, 2023

Begins

Jun 7, 2023

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Pahl & McCay
norm: pahl mccay
Domain: pahl-mccay.com

Name: Pahl & McCay
norm: pahl mccay
Domain: pahl-mccay.com

Discovered: Jun 7, 2023
Breach occurred: May 11, 2023 – Jun 7, 2023
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Resetting passwords
Revoking MFA sessions where applicable
Removing unauthorized rules/permissions
Arranged for Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout through Identity Force
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 163d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 7, 2023
→ Notified: Nov 17, 2023
163d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 7, 2023 → Notified: Nov 17, 2023	163d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-576749
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2023
Raw hash: e303c7114f2c9da93a563b8a34cf1062cc0054a87d548ec0611a1f61a09667ec

Reporting entityPahl & McCay

Victim entityPahl & McCay

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2023

Stated responseResetting passwords

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov