DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowResolved

Arsenault and Cline CPAs Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 6, 2024

Filed

Mar 1, 2024

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

4214 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Arsenault and Cline CPAs Inc. →

Arsenault and Cline CPAs Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) that occurred from June 23, 2023, to July 10, 2023. The breach was discovered on February 6, 2024. The compromised information includes names and financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers with their access codes. A total of 421 individuals were affected, including 4 residents of Maine. The company provided written notification to the affected individuals on March 1, 2024, and offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Feb 6, 2024 → Filed with AG Mar 1, 202424d ✓ ME AG ≤30d24 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 · 228 days
discovery → filing · 24 days

Jun 23, 2023

Begins

Feb 6, 2024

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 1 · first
Maine State AGMar 1 · 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.