HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceTargetedPIILowContained

Charles P. Elliott, P.C.

bd_71d8c7283262fca9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 14, 2026

Filed

May 28, 2026

To disclose

14 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Charles P. Elliott, P.C. →

Maine Attorney General notice for Charles P. Elliott, P.C. regarding an external system breach (hacking) occurring on 09/29/2025 and discovered on 05/14/2026. The incident affected 2 Maine residents. The firm provided written notification and offered 12 months of Kroll credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 14, 2026 → Filed with AG May 28, 202614d ✓ ME AG ≤30d14 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 · 227 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Sep 29, 2025

Begins

May 14, 2026

Discovered

May 28, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Charles P. Elliott, P.C.
norm: charles p elliott
Domain: elliott-tax.com
Industry: financial_services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 14, 2026
Breach occurred: Sep 29, 2025
Undetected for: 227 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2026
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered Kroll credit monitoring for 12 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 14d
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: May 14, 2026
→ Filed with AG: May 28, 2026
14d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 14, 2026 → Filed with AG: May 28, 2026	14d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-a1252b4f8318/7b329e5f-2a58-4e86-88c5-b37da182114c.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 28, 2026
Raw hash: 06acfd917dff337e08739f6d4a50fca7ba4051e8af0cb1b188f5ffcbb0cf0bec

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityCharles P. Elliott, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2026

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov