HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ABC Legal Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2024

Filed

Dec 6, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ABC Legal Services, Inc. →

ABC Legal Services, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) on August 7, 2024, affecting 11 Maine residents. The incident was contained by August 8, 2024. Personal information, including government identifiers, was likely exfiltrated. Affected individuals were notified on December 6, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 7, 2024 → Filed with AG Dec 6, 2024121d ✗ ME AG >90d17 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 121 days

Aug 7, 2024

Begins

Aug 7, 2024

Discovered

Dec 6, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_0a90bc16f3f1824c2024-12-06Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_9fe3e652fee4919d2024-12-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d4a6127588c5c66f2024-12-06Verified
California State AGbd_dc32b17db7d57a932024-12-06Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_1ef58db9003b6e662025-01-15 · +40dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: ABC Legal Services, Inc.
norm: abc legal
Domain: abclegal.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 7, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2024
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured our network
Launched an immediate investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout
Changes made: Incident was contained and remediated
Devoted considerable time and effort to determine what, if any, information was impacted
Extensive investigation and manual review of the files
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(121 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 121d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 7, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Dec 6, 2024
121d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 7, 2024 → Filed with AG: Dec 6, 2024	121d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Washington State AGDec 6 · first

Indiana State AGDec 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 6 · first

California State AGDec 6 · first

Maine State AGDec 6 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+40d

Pattern: first filing Dec 6 (WA), last Jan 15 (OR) — a 40-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/b7f2187e-3ceb-4f2e-b48e-f697fdd84918.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2024
Raw hash: 26508e9d48bdccf8de712be6fbade6aa27e347764097f08e369cf6045fbc75a6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityABC Legal Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2024

Stated responseSecured our network

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov