HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Payette Associates Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 19, 2020

Filed

Nov 3, 2020

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

8982 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Payette Associates Inc. →

Payette Associates Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on September 25, 2020, discovered on October 19, 2020. The incident affected 898 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers (with security codes/PINs). The company provided written notification on November 3, 2020, and offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services via TransUnion.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 19, 2020 → Filed with AG Nov 3, 202015d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 days 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 · 24 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Sep 25, 2020

Begins

Oct 19, 2020

Discovered

Nov 3, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_de298f7c7f8a97b12020-11-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_773140c3bc3df0c92020-11-09 · +6dVerified

Name: Payette Associates Inc.
norm: payette associates

Name: Payette Associates Inc.
norm: payette associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 19, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 25, 2020
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 898state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 2 years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 15d
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: Oct 19, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Nov 3, 2020
15d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 19, 2020 → Filed with AG: Nov 3, 2020	15d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 3 · first

Maine State AGNov 3 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Nov 3 (MA), last Nov 9 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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-a1252b4f8318/20ec7068-dcc9-41b2-91a9-b11791191e8a.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 3, 2020
Raw hash: 7c0658a95b480368d0ebb55c11ad03fca255b7e3377e0db3d02bebdad28f26fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPayette Associates Inc.

Victim entityPayette Associates Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 19, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov