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Goodspeed & Merrill

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 7, 2020

Filed

Jan 22, 2021

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7511 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Goodspeed & Merrill →

Goodsell & Merrill d/b/a Rome LLC reported a phishing incident occurring between March 23, 2020, and August 28, 2020, discovered on November 7, 2020. The breach compromised names and Social Security Numbers of 751 individuals, including one Maine resident. Notification was sent on January 22, 2021, offering one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 7, 2020 → Filed with AG Jan 22, 202176d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 229 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

Mar 23, 2020

Begins

Nov 7, 2020

Discovered

Jan 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_acfcc7e053dca0e02021-01-22Verified by operator

Name: Goodspeed & Merrill
norm: goodspeed merrill

Name: Goodspeed & Merrill
norm: goodspeed merrill
Also named: Goodspeed & Merrilldba oflegal entity
Rome LLCdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 7, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2020 – Aug 28, 2020
Undetected for: 229 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 751state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered one year of credit monitoring, fraud consultation and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 76d
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: Nov 7, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Jan 22, 2021
76d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 7, 2020 → Filed with AG: Jan 22, 2021	76d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 22 · first

Maine State AGJan 22 · 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-a1252b4f8318/19959258-c0c0-4156-b8fb-e9d6433c891b.shtml
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Filed at: Jan 22, 2021
Raw hash: fe935f0bbf33d202c82dc2a4ea36325845df606a2d8b9796b7d65d39fe58b680

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGoodspeed & Merrill

Victim entityGoodspeed & Merrill

Incidentdiscovered Nov 7, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov