HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDMedium

SMRT Architects & Engineering

bd_4b5c38c3f72cdc8f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 3, 2023

Filed

Apr 15, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected · nationwide

348213 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for SMRT Architects & Engineering →

SMRT Architects & Engineering experienced an external system breach on December 3, 2023, which was also the date of discovery. The breach affected 213 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notification to the affected individuals on April 22, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 3, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 15, 2024134d ✗ ME AG >90d19 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Dec 3, 2023

Begins

Dec 3, 2023

Discovered

Apr 15, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_144dfaee22afe27f2024-04-22 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_37b7b8749674cbe82024-04-23 · +8dVerified

Name: SMRT Architects & Engineering
norm: smrt architects engineering

Name: SMRT Architects & Engineering
norm: smrt architects engineering

Discovered: Dec 3, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 348state + nationwide
Data types: PIIGovernment ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 134dME resident >60d · 141d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 3, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Apr 15, 2024
134d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Dec 3, 2023
→ Notified: Apr 22, 2024
141d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 3, 2023 → Filed with AG: Apr 15, 2024	134d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Dec 3, 2023 → Notified: Apr 22, 2024	141d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGApr 15 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Apr 15 (ME), last Apr 23 (MA) — a 8-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-a1252b4f8318/9752f0ac-41cc-4bb7-a47e-c82587f8e667.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2024
Raw hash: 6df99a39e2a8426aa5165836d15aa5ef27cd36b8ded2d6b1f09ed50966353312

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySMRT Architects & Engineering

Victim entitySMRT Architects & Engineering

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of credit monitoring services through TransUnion

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov