HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDHighContained

Kline & Specter P.C.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 13, 2023

Filed

Apr 10, 2023

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

3,3349 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Kline & Specter P.C. →2 incidents on file

Legal services firm Kline and Specter, P.C. reported an external system breach that was discovered on March 13, 2023. The incident affected 9 Maine residents, and compromised names in combination with Social Security numbers. Consumers were notified in writing on April 7, 2023.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 13, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 10, 202328d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 28 days

Mar 13, 2023

Begins

Mar 13, 2023

Discovered

Apr 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_610954579b60c83f2023-04-10Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_bb3ef13145daedc52023-04-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d2d5b2b6f71d5ec22023-04-07 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_982e2607e7692e0e2023-05-16 · +36dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 44d gap

Maine State AGbd_19f283723dffc2a92023-05-17 · +37dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_88719babdf3bf76e2023-05-17 · +37dVerified
California State AGbd_be675ed6598713c82023-05-24 · +44dVerified

Name: Kline & Specter P.C.
norm: kline specter
Domain: klinespecter.com

Name: Kline & Specter P.C.
norm: kline specter
Domain: klinespecter.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 3,334state + nationwide
Data types: Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 28d
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 13, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Apr 10, 2023
28d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 13, 2023 → Filed with AG: Apr 10, 2023	28d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGApr 7 · first

South Carolina State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Maine State AG+3d · this page

Montana State AG+39d

Maine State AG+40d

New Hampshire State AG+40d

California State AG+47d

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (IN), last May 24 (CA) — a 47-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-a1252b4f8318/9f0b9234-1bce-4e0b-b547-8039f730838c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2023
Raw hash: 2e31f6e83f16fdb4a8962e3bf6a1c3739317f46aae53f50eae58798cecdecf5f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKline & Specter P.C.

Victim entityKline & Specter P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2023

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov