HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDMedium

Paul J. Emsurak, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 14, 2021

Filed

Jan 13, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1941 in this filing

Confidence

50%

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An external system breach at Paul J. Emsurak, CPA, discovered on October 14, 2021, affected one Maine resident. The compromised information included the resident's name and Social Security number. The company provided the affected individual with 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 14, 2021 → Filed with AG Jan 13, 202291d ✗ ME AG >90d13 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 · 13 weeks / 91 days

Oct 14, 2021

Begins

Oct 14, 2021

Discovered

Jan 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed194 affectedView incident

Name: Paul J. Emsurak, CPA
norm: paul j emsurak cpa

Name: Paul J. Emsurak, CPA
norm: paul j emsurak cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 14, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2022
Affected individuals: 194state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: 12 Months of credit and CyberScan monitoring, $1 million insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed id theft recovery services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 91d
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: Oct 14, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Jan 13, 2022
91d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 14, 2021 → Filed with AG: Jan 13, 2022	91d	90 days	ME AG >90d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5839db47-a421-49e2-8f65-4cd1870e2e88.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2022
Raw hash: 5fde1dda431829f481e9cb922e8e1b01e54e1f101e652320fd77228e307f650e

Reporting entityPaul J. Emsurak, CPA

Victim entityPaul J. Emsurak, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2021

Stated response12 Months of credit and CyberScan monitoring, $1 million insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed id theft recovery services.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov