MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Pantana Accounting and Tax

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 24, 2024

Filed

May 9, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,1393 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pantana Accounting and Tax →

Pantana Accounting and Tax, a financial services firm, experienced a ransomware attack between February 23 and February 24, 2024. Discovered on February 24, the breach compromised the names and Social Security numbers of 4,139 individuals. The company notified affected individuals in writing on May 8, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion/CyberScout.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 24, 2024 → Filed with AG May 9, 202475d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Feb 23, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2024

Discovered

May 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_36cb7b72a589fe852024-05-10 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_27767c6dc17cd7862024-05-08 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_c652e8fdebf33ee22024-05-08 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_897380371e0083182024-05-13 · +4dVerified

Name: Pantana Accounting and Tax
norm: pantana accounting and tax

Name: Pantana Accounting and Tax
norm: pantana accounting and tax
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 23, 2024 – Feb 24, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2024
Affected individuals: 4,139state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services from TransUnion/CyberScout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 75dME resident >60d · 74d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 24, 2024
→ Filed with AG: May 9, 2024
75d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 24, 2024
→ Notified: May 8, 2024
74d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2024 → Filed with AG: May 9, 2024	75d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2024 → Notified: May 8, 2024	74d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMay 8 · first

Vermont State AGMay 8 · first

Maine State AG+1d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 8 (IN), last May 13 (NH) — a 5-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/e68266cc-1291-4dcf-9aed-939a6b1ba6b1.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 9, 2024
Raw hash: 57c590841d2eb898c55bb2d1f720f5827359805335b4f020119b2856262bb164

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPantana Accounting and Tax

Victim entityPantana Accounting and Tax

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2024

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov