HackingFinancial ServicesGovernmentFinanceData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 29, 2025

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,0395 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Massachusetts Development Finance Agency →

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between June 17 and November 28, 2024. The incident affected 1,039 individuals, including 5 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. Notices were sent on February 28, 2025, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 29, 2025 → Filed with AG Feb 28, 202530d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 226 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jun 17, 2024

Begins

Jan 29, 2025

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2ea51016ae29126f2025-02-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_30dd57c18f7bee152025-02-28Verified
Maryland State AGbd_34671322dd28ba882025-02-28Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_870d69b2c9daed6b2025-02-28Verified

Name: Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
norm: massachusetts development finance agency

Name: Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
norm: massachusetts development finance agency
Industry: Financial ServicesllmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 17, 2024 – Nov 28, 2024
Undetected for: 226 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,039state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took prompt steps to secure its systems
Conducted a thorough forensic investigation
Notified federal law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months, through Epiq
Changes made: Reviewing its existing procedures
Enhancing its existing IT safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 29, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 29, 2025 → Filed with AG: Feb 28, 2025	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 28 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 28 · first

Maine State AGFeb 28 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/33ed64a7-6b09-4c29-ac2b-e96c8a5260e9.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 166ef7e138f65bf5c96c74a45578a0200f76a893bf14121071beb6fea184a7e1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMassachusetts Development Finance Agency

Victim entityMassachusetts Development Finance Agency

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2025

Stated responseTook prompt steps to secure its systems

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov