DisclosureLens
HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLow

Gunster, Yoakley, & Stewart, PA

bd_6a7e5a4b6b570220 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 27, 2023

Filed

Dec 4, 2023

To disclose

7 days

Affected

92scope not determined

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Gunster, Yoakley, & Stewart, PA7 incidents on file

The law firm Gunster, Yoakley & Steward, PA, reported a data breach impacting 92 Maine residents. The incident, described as an external system breach or hacking, occurred between July 20, 2022, and November 27, 2022. The firm discovered the breach on November 27, 2023, and began notifying affected individuals on December 1, 2023. The compromised data included names and financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding security codes, access codes, or passwords/PINs. In response, the firm offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 27, 2023Filed with AG Dec 4, 20237d ME AG ≤30d7 days 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 · 495 days
discovery → filing · 7 days

Jul 20, 2022

Begins

Nov 27, 2023

Discovered

Dec 4, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Oregon State AGDec 4 · first
Maine State AGDec 4 · 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.