HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Tipton, marler, Garner and Chastain, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 1, 2025

Filed

Aug 11, 2025

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

282 in this filing

Confidence

65%

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Tipton, Marler, Garner and Chastain, P.A. reported an external system breach (hacking) on July 1, 2025, affecting 28 individuals. The incident involved unauthorized access to a computer system where an actor viewed/copied files containing names and Social Security numbers. Notices were sent on August 11, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockScope identified Jul 22, 2025 → Filed with AG Aug 11, 202520d ✓ ME AG ≤30d6 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 · 6 weeks / 41 days

Jul 1, 2025

Begins

Jul 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 11, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed28 affectedView incident

Name: Tipton, marler, Garner and Chastain, P.A.
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Industry: Legal Services

Name: Tipton, marler, Garner and Chastain, P.A.
norm: tipton marler garner and chastain
Industry: Legal Services
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2025
Scope identified: Jul 22, 2025Maine’s notice clock starts here (10 M.R.S. §1348(1))The letter says: “We completed this review on July 22, 2025, and determined that your name and Social Security number was contained in the relevant files.”
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 11, 2025
Affected individuals: 28state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated CollectionT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked to ensure the security of our computer systems
Conducted a comprehensive investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the event
Issued notice to potentially impacted individuals
Offering you access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring at no cost
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewing and implementing, as needed, additional policies and procedures
Ensuring the security of data on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 20d
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
Scope identified: Jul 22, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Aug 11, 2025
20d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Scope identified: Jul 22, 2025 → Filed with AG: Aug 11, 2025	20d	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-a1252b4f8318/159fbe3d-16b2-4ff1-bea9-2cd310c6e931.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2025
Raw hash: 44b9f76a46bc373ed5fbedb3bad969d53cff786cbf481b2671eb33ee30d0f117

Reporting entityTipton, marler, Garner and Chastain, P.A.

Victim entityTipton, marler, Garner and Chastain, P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2025

Stated responseWorked to ensure the security of our computer systems

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov