HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Pond & Company

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 24, 2023

Filed

Feb 19, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,4952 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Pond & Company →2 incidents on file

Pond & Company, a professional services firm based in Georgia, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between March 29, 2023, and April 5, 2023. The breach was discovered on December 24, 2023. The incident affected a total of 1,495 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The attacker acquired names and personal identifiers in combination with driver's license numbers. Pond & Company sent written notifications on February 14, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 24, 2023 → Filed with AG Feb 19, 202457d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 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 · 270 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Mar 29, 2023

Begins

Dec 24, 2023

Discovered

Feb 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_2a8e263d872071962024-02-20 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_8d641db04d97fdac2024-02-15 · +4dCandidate

Name: Pond & Company
norm: pond

Name: Pond & Company
norm: pond
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 29, 2023 – Apr 5, 2023
Undetected for: 270 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,495state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 Months of credit monitoring, darkweb scanning, $1 Million Identity Fraud Loss Reimbursement, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 57d
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: Dec 24, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Feb 19, 2024
57d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 24, 2023 → Filed with AG: Feb 19, 2024	57d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 15 · first

Maine State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 15 (IN), last Feb 20 (MA) — a 5-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/c3198344-a0ee-4b7e-bad5-97360d9fdbd9.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 19, 2024
Raw hash: b0fd88382f8484ea4aaf84bbb81d90dc80900ecbbebb862c7410f9578499406d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPond & Company

Victim entityPond & Company

Incidentdiscovered Dec 24, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov