HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Jeffrey W Krol & Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 22, 2025

Filed

Jan 13, 2026

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,0673 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Jeffrey W Krol & Associates →

Jeffrey W. Krol and Associates, a financial services firm, disclosed an external system breach (hacking) on November 22, 2025. The incident compromised client files containing PII, SSNs, and banking information for 3,067 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Notices were sent on January 16, 2026, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 22, 2025 → Filed with AG Jan 13, 202652d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 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 · 7 weeks / 52 days

Nov 22, 2025

Begins

Nov 22, 2025

Discovered

Jan 13, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesinobibd_216eeebc824b0e8b2025-12-07 · +36dCandidate

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_297b05d8f3f709f82026-01-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_70e64b4dea8556c82026-01-14 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_137cee464a26dd262026-01-12 · +1dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_001f19c24c6b82ea2026-01-16 · +3dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 12d gap

Illinois State AGbd_83c0ced7e827a4942026-01-01 · +12dCandidate

Name: Benesch Law
norm: benesch law
Domain: krolcpa.com

Name: Jeffrey W Krol & Associates
norm: jeffrey w krol associates
Domain: krolcpa.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 22, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 16, 2026
Affected individuals: 3,067state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured our IT systems
Removed the cyber security threat actor’s access
Worked with our outside forensic consultants
Offering 2 years of credit monitoring
Changes made: Continuing to review our IT systems and security infrastructure to better deter and protect against future cybersecurity attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 52dLeak >30d
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: Nov 22, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jan 13, 2026
52d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 22, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jan 13, 2026	52d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+12d

Maine State AG+12d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+13d

Nebraska State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 16 (NE) — a 15-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/c8d90fe1-7835-42c6-8400-e2d58b0779d9.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2026
Raw hash: ac82db0dbdc4d67e7f752f15a9c00ef707d3288aeeee6ad4b4f27606cea1716b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenesch Law

Victim entityJeffrey W Krol & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Nov 22, 2025

Stated responseSecured our IT systems

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov