HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

Apr 23, 2021

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected · nationwide

53,768152 in this filing

Linked

24 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →9 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, a professional services firm, filed a notification regarding a data breach that occurred at a third-party service provider. The incident took place between November 8, 2020, and December 3, 2020, and was discovered on the latter date. The breach affected 53,768 individuals, including 152 residents of Maine. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. Perkins & Co offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 3, 2020 → Filed with AG Apr 23, 2021141d ✗ ME AG >90d20 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

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 141 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

Apr 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 24 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_ba5d30aabab3a1412022-05-26 · +398dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27 · +399dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27 · +399dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_ea38731c50620c8e2022-05-27 · +399dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 532d gap

Oregon State AGbd_f2d5e0dbc45e8b312022-05-27 · +399dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_74b4a2c65ecffaf02022-06-03 · +406dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +476dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +479dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +528dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +532dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 23 linked disclosures.

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 23, 2021
Affected individuals: 53,768state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(141 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 141dME resident >60d · 141d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Apr 23, 2021
141d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
→ Notified: Apr 23, 2021
141d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 3, 2020 → Filed with AG: Apr 23, 2021	141d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Dec 3, 2020 → Notified: Apr 23, 2021	141d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGApr 23 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+398d

Maine State AG+399d

Delaware State AG+399d

Oregon State AG+399d

New Hampshire State AG+406d

Maine State AG+476d

New Hampshire State AG+479d

Maine State AG+528d

New Hampshire State AG+532d

Pattern: first filing Apr 23 (ME), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 532-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 23 — the full spread may be wider.

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-a1252b4f8318/46c78a63-7aa6-4506-9e45-b785df7bfe5e.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2021
Raw hash: 9884d85f924987869b9288d7d9cd108ec0a00d85730940220f7f66642424df9c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov