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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIILowContained

Clayton Accounting & Tax Service

bd_6bae3bbfff92c81b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 22, 2024

Filed

Nov 24, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

103102 in this filing

Confidence

85%
Full breach record for Clayton Accounting & Tax Service →

Clayton Accounting & Tax Service, a financial services firm in Mapleton, ME, experienced an external system breach (hacking) between August 19 and September 22, 2024, discovered on September 22, 2024. A total of 103 individuals were affected, including 102 Maine residents. Tax clients' data was compromised. Written notifications were sent on November 22, 2024, and one year of Aura Identity Theft Protection Services was offered.

Maine clockDiscovered Sep 22, 2024 → Filed with AG Nov 24, 202463d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 34 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Aug 19, 2024

Begins

Sep 22, 2024

Discovered

Nov 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed103 affectedView incident

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.