HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 9, 2024

Filed

Sep 20, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Pei Cobb Freed & Partners →

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners notified consumers of a data breach discovered on July 9, 2024, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, dates of birth, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged forensic specialists, secured its network, and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday10 weeks 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

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Jul 9, 2024

Discovered

Sep 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_85c28e720eff09622024-09-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_9bf15bd32819725e2024-09-20Candidate

Name: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
norm: pei cobb freed

Name: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
norm: pei cobb freed
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 9, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy
Secured the network
Performed an extensive and comprehensive review of the incident
Notified affected individuals
Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge for 12 months
Provided proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 20 · first

Maine State AGSep 20 · first

Vermont State AGSep 20 · first · this page

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-09-20-pei-cobb-freed-partners-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2024
Raw hash: d8295739d0ad6cf5b4024ebe2e4a575555d113d44a9bf321fc9c45e6fe114727

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPei Cobb Freed & Partners

Victim entityPei Cobb Freed & Partners

Incidentdiscovered Jul 9, 2024

Stated responseEngaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov