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DES Architects + Engineers

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2024

Filed

Apr 16, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,1441 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for DES Architects + Engineers →

DES Architects and Engineers reported a data breach affecting 1,144 individuals. The breach, which occurred on October 19, 2023, and was discovered on March 4, 2024, involved an external system compromise. Affected information includes financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their associated security codes or PINs. The company began notifying affected individuals on April 16, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Mar 4, 2024 → Filed with AG Apr 16, 202443d ⏱ ME AG >30d6 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 · 137 days
discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Oct 19, 2023

Begins

Mar 4, 2024

Discovered

Apr 16, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGApr 16 · first
New Hampshire State AGApr 16 · first
Montana State AGApr 16 · first
Massachusetts State AGApr 16 · first
Maine State AGApr 16 · 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.