HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Adams Samartino & Co., PC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 6, 2025

Filed

Aug 29, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Adams Samartino & Co., PC →

Adams Samartino & Co., PC notified consumers of a data breach discovered on March 6, 2025, involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account. The incident may have exposed names combined with other personal data. The firm engaged third-party investigators, secured the account, implemented technical safeguards, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday25 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 · 25 weeks / 176 days

Mar 6, 2025

Discovered

Aug 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1509982b30e3f2582025-08-29Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_4d07fac41480d97e2025-08-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f12f9749ae5adf462025-08-30 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b8d16b8e918065162025-09-02 · +4dVerified

Name: Adams Samartino & Co., PC
norm: adams samartino

Name: Adams Samartino & Co., PC
norm: adams samartino
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 6, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate action to secure the account
Engaged a team of third-party specialists to investigate the incident
Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in its possession
Offering you 12 months / 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information in its possession and to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(176 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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGAug 29 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 29 · first

Vermont State AGAug 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/2025-08-29-adams-samartino-co-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2025
Raw hash: 6946b3c1e5346cd7decff452904b65ebaa02a2765326b112f1a61f89a7e36820

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdams Samartino & Co., PC

Victim entityAdams Samartino & Co., PC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 6, 2025

Stated responseTook immediate action to secure the account

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov