HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDHighResolved

Pear Tree Advisors, Inc

bd_b166807b6cfdfe13 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Jul 7, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,79226 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pear Tree Advisors, Inc →

Pear Tree Advisors, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 6,792 individuals, including 26 Maine residents. The breach, discovered on May 31, 2023, involved an external system compromise (hacking) that exposed Social Security numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on July 7, 2023, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 31, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 7, 202337d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 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 · 5 weeks / 37 days

May 31, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Jul 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2355ed4a6f65a21c2023-07-07Candidate
California State AGbd_367e14f9a58bed932023-07-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b207bf9502b3a8d22023-07-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c7afa2abf78bc4582023-07-07Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_3c94b5526a69175f2023-07-10 · +3dVerified

Name: Pear Tree Advisors, Inc
norm: pear tree advisors

Name: Pear Tree Advisors, Inc
norm: pear tree advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 31, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 6,792state + nationwide
Data types: PIIGovernment ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified consumers in writing
Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services from Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 37d
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: May 31, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jul 7, 2023
37d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 31, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jul 7, 2023	37d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGJul 7 · first

California State AGJul 7 · first

Indiana State AGJul 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 7 · first

Maine State AGJul 7 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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/dbde2df5-b622-4574-85b5-1730f0f00fc8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2023
Raw hash: b4437927017e3bbb089cfeda233b8761ec0310d193f4ee65458a870f4d088da0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPear Tree Advisors, Inc

Victim entityPear Tree Advisors, Inc

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseNotified consumers in writing

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov