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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountLowResolved

Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors

bd_b700c3fc37fefd0e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2022

Filed

Mar 13, 2023

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected · nationwide

371 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors →

Hungerford Nicholas CPAs and Advisors reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on May 21, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 18, 2022. One Maine resident was affected, and a total of 37 individuals were impacted. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers. Affected individuals were notified on March 2, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 18, 2022 → Filed with AG Mar 13, 2023207d ✗ ME AG >90d30 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 · 89 days
discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 207 days

May 21, 2022

Begins

Aug 18, 2022

Discovered

Mar 13, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed37 affectedView incident

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.