HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Newport Advisory Partners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 12, 2025

Filed

Apr 25, 2025

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

9,3231 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Newport Advisory Partners →

Newport Advisory, LLC, a financial services firm, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on December 24, 2024, and discovered on January 12, 2025. The incident affected 9,323 individuals nationwide, including 1 Maine resident. Personal information (names) was copied from the network. The company took the network offline, notified law enforcement, engaged forensic experts, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 12, 2025 → Filed with AG Apr 25, 2025103d ✗ ME AG >90d15 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 · 19 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 103 days

Dec 24, 2024

Begins

Jan 12, 2025

Discovered

Apr 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_4f22cd2f3c52b6382025-04-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_d60ba67fa8a205252025-04-25Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_1784590b435af6a32025-04-24 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_9f9d300762068a8d2025-04-24 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_13bf99e5ca8ff7062025-04-28 · +3dVerified

Name: Newport Advisory Partners
norm: newport advisory
Domain: newportap.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: Newport Advisory Partners
norm: newport advisory
Domain: newportap.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 24, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 9,323state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took the entire Newport Advisory network offline
Notified law enforcement
Engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional security monitoring tools and configuration changes within the Newport environment
Integrating all IT systems into the Mariner network and cybersecurity program
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(103 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 103dME resident >60d · 102d
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: Jan 12, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Apr 25, 2025
103d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 12, 2025
→ Notified: Apr 24, 2025
102d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 12, 2025 → Filed with AG: Apr 25, 2025	103d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 12, 2025 → Notified: Apr 24, 2025	102d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Nebraska State AGApr 24 · first

Indiana State AGApr 24 · first

California State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/b841a914-edab-4586-abb1-6a67db4089fd.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 25, 2025
Raw hash: 54ef8985a0d1dd83115a45c5f8139d00e75d8be98d45941536e34dfcdfdd909c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNewport Advisory Partners

Victim entityNewport Advisory Partners

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2025

Stated responseTook the entire Newport Advisory network offline

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov