HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (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 · nationwide

3132 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

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Pei Cobb Freed & Partners reported an external system breach (hacking) on July 9, 2024, discovered July 17, 2024. 313 individuals affected, including 2 Maine residents. Data exposed: names, DOB, addresses, SSNs. Notification sent Sept 20, 2024. Forensic specialists engaged; 12 months credit monitoring offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 9, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 20, 202473d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 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 · 10 weeks / 73 days

Jul 9, 2024

Begins

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

Vermont State AGbd_839ffce11245202d2024-09-20Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_85c28e720eff09622024-09-20Verified

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
Breach occurred: Jul 9, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 313state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy
Secured the network
Performed an extensive and comprehensive review of the incident
Changes made: Offered 12 months complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 73d
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: Jul 9, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 20, 2024
73d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 9, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 20, 2024	73d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGSep 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 20 · first

Maine 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/48dc9ea3-dd28-4eac-af01-861a76489e56.html
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: 2fc11e7d829f04ebf62d2f9f1ba1e1c828644135d0204a8149c1170e2cf9e9cd

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

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov