HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Braverman CPA PC

bd_943c3b97e5def64f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 22, 2020

Filed

Aug 31, 2021

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,53015 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for Braverman CPA PC →2 incidents on file

Braverman CPA PC, a financial services firm, reported a data breach affecting 15 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred between February and June 2020, was discovered in October 2020. An external system hack led to the compromise of names and financial account information. The company notified affected individuals in August 2021 and offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 22, 2020 → Filed with AG Aug 31, 2021313d ✗ ME AG >90d45 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 264 days

discovery → filing · 45 weeks / 313 days

Feb 1, 2020

Begins

Oct 22, 2020

Discovered

Aug 31, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2dd6b9ad1780c07d2021-08-30 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_db17fb59ed6115202021-08-23 · +8dVerified
Maine State AGbd_47513e1399dc33f52021-08-11 · +20dVerified
Montana State AGbd_2a0357475e982ead2021-08-06 · +25dCandidate

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Indiana State AGbd_3e7408ca37de85b42021-08-06 · +25dVerified

Name: Braverman CPA PC
norm: braverman cpa

Name: Braverman CPA PC
norm: braverman cpa
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2020
Undetected for: 264 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 6,530state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered free credit and CyberScan monitoring protection
Offered $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offered managed ID theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 45 weeks(313 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 313dME resident >180d · 288d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Aug 31, 2021
313d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 22, 2020
→ Notified: Aug 6, 2021
288d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 22, 2020 → Filed with AG: Aug 31, 2021	313d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 22, 2020 → Notified: Aug 6, 2021	288d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGAug 6 · first

Indiana State AGAug 6 · first

Maine State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+24d

Maine State AG+25d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 6 (MT), last Aug 31 (ME) — a 25-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/ae17e83e-cc2b-4729-9387-ee053b5f17cf.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 31, 2021
Raw hash: b15a386c948f70f525b4ce2d87462a51bfac66f48d72e4dac04b5ecc9c7ceec0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBraverman CPA PC

Victim entityBraverman CPA PC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2020

Stated responseOffered free credit and CyberScan monitoring protection

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov