HackingProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Thomas Brady & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 14, 2023

Filed

Sep 18, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3432 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Thomas Brady & Associates →

Thomas Brady & Associates experienced an external system breach on May 5, 2023, discovered on August 14, 2023. The incident affected 343 individuals, including 2 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company offered affected individuals 12 months of complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 14, 2023 → Filed with AG Sep 18, 202335d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks 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 · 101 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

May 5, 2023

Begins

Aug 14, 2023

Discovered

Sep 18, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_07efd2842d867fb62023-09-19 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_80b5fa7183b483a32023-09-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3fa8f511ce7e19762023-09-25 · +7dVerified

Name: Thomas Brady & Associates
norm: thomas brady associates

Name: Thomas Brady & Associates
norm: thomas brady associates

Discovered: Aug 14, 2023
Breach occurred: May 5, 2023
Undetected for: 101 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 18, 2023
Affected individuals: 343state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 35d
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: Aug 14, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Sep 18, 2023
35d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 14, 2023 → Filed with AG: Sep 18, 2023	35d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGSep 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Sep 18 (ME), last Sep 25 (NH) — a 7-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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d213a02a-7a5b-48bc-8427-898f6ac653fa.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2023
Raw hash: 2652f9bc4ff8721f4954f6eb79e6575c9a8716920806796dc5b9cf3556119fd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThomas Brady & Associates

Victim entityThomas Brady & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services through Equifax

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov