MalwareEnergy & UtilitiesProfessional ServicesUtilitiesRansomwareVulnerability ExploitRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

EB Archbald & Associates, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 23, 2025

Filed

May 14, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

17,0008 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for EB Archbald & Associates, Inc. →

EB Archbald & Associates, Inc. reported a ransomware attack on March 23, 2025, affecting 17,000 individuals. Attackers encrypted data and demanded ransom, claiming to have exfiltrated names, SSNs, and bank account details. The company notified the FBI, refused payment, and sent notifications on May 21, 2025. Remediation included MFA and infrastructure upgrades.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 23, 2025 → Filed with AG May 14, 202552d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 7 weeks / 52 days

Mar 23, 2025

Begins

Mar 23, 2025

Discovered

May 14, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_132978a4b6696c132025-05-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_3958bbbaf620f66e2025-05-14Candidate
California State AGbd_ddaad36df642bd8a2025-05-13 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_196a79446ee9a3762025-05-20 · +6dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 23d gap

Delaware State AGbd_a9c188028cc5a8202025-05-20 · +6dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_2ac0580cdb755adb2025-05-21 · +7dVerified
Texas State AGbd_6ac3bf8d232736102025-06-06 · +23dVerified

Name: EB Archbald & Associates, Inc.
norm: eb archbald associates

Name: EB Archbald & Associates, Inc.
norm: eb archbald associates
Industry: Energy & UtilitiesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 23, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 17,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contacted the local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Launched an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity experts, law enforcement and outside lawyers
Refused to meet the attackers' extortion demands
Changes made: Upgrades to web server infrastructure to improve date security
Utilization of multi-factor authentication
Utilization of the very latest in cybersecurity software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 52d
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: Mar 23, 2025
→ Filed with AG: May 14, 2025
52d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 23, 2025 → Filed with AG: May 14, 2025	52d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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California State AGMay 13 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

Indiana State AG+7d

Delaware State AG+7d

Nebraska State AG+8d

Texas State AG+24d

Pattern: first filing May 13 (CA), last Jun 6 (TX) — a 24-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/fb7a77ed-bf73-407e-95fb-add5fe40a5ab.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 14, 2025
Raw hash: 73643836c84d405b841205234914efeae381e0db9cda3cbc8e364792c53e3bc2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEB Archbald & Associates, Inc.

Victim entityEB Archbald & Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2025

Stated responseContacted the local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov