HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Payne and Fears LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 8, 2021

Filed

Apr 21, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2341 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Payne and Fears LLP →

Payne and Fears, LLP experienced an external system breach on March 8, 2021, which was also the date of discovery. The breach affected 234 individuals, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The firm provided written notification to those affected on April 21, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 8, 2021 → Filed with AG Apr 21, 202144d ⏱ 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 / 44 days

Mar 8, 2021

Begins

Mar 8, 2021

Discovered

Apr 21, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_60e89de0aefee25b2021-04-30 · +9dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a73c76c399836f3c2021-04-30 · +9dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e2eaa1243881d7e12021-04-30 · +9dVerified

Name: Payne and Fears LLP
norm: payne and fears

Name: Payne and Fears LLP
norm: payne and fears
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 8, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 234state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection with Experian.
Sent written notification to affected individuals.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 44d
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: Mar 8, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Apr 21, 2021
44d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 8, 2021 → Filed with AG: Apr 21, 2021	44d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGApr 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+9d

New Hampshire State AG+9d

Indiana State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (ME), last Apr 30 (IN) — a 9-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/f6e57589-279f-4a3b-9534-5ba155bdd456.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2021
Raw hash: e764f86bae78764fafa79183a4f1a376383a6d9aa0702afe3fed9102aae4964e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPayne and Fears LLP

Victim entityPayne and Fears LLP

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2021

Stated responseProvided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection with Experian.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov