Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingBECTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

J.M. Forbes & Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 17, 2025

Filed

Apr 7, 2026

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected · nationwide

58423 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for J.M. Forbes & Co. →

JM Forbes & Co. reported a business email compromise incident on November 17, 2025, where an external party gained access to an employee email account via social engineering. The breach affected 584 individuals, including 23 Maine residents, exposing names, addresses, SSNs, and account numbers. JM Forbes contained the incident, engaged forensic experts, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Notification was sent on April 7, 2026.

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Maine clockDiscovered Nov 17, 2025 → Filed with AG Apr 7, 2026141d ✗ ME AG >90d20 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 · 20 weeks / 141 days

Nov 17, 2025

Begins

Nov 17, 2025

Discovered

Apr 7, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2d8fdc40759510b02026-04-07Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_66f15480d78ef9f62026-04-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_af0270378c3951342026-04-07Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_98d54460da9f9c8f2026-07-06 · +90dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_a5dc2e414705c04d2026-07-06 · +90dVerified

Name: Troutman Pepper Locke, LLP
norm: troutman pepper locke

Name: J.M. Forbes & Co.
norm: jm forbes
Domain: jmforbes.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2026
Affected individuals: 584state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took action to lockdown the affected account
Launched an investigation with the assistance of outside legal counsel and cybersecurity forensic experts
Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Maintains a strong control environment and robust compliance policies and procedures
Security monitoring, verification procedures and response protocols are designed to detect and address suspicious activity quickly
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(141 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 141dME resident >60d · 141d
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 17, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Apr 7, 2026
141d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Nov 17, 2025
→ Notified: Apr 7, 2026
141d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Nov 17, 2025 → Filed with AG: Apr 7, 2026	141d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Nov 17, 2025 → Notified: Apr 7, 2026	141d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGApr 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 7 · first

Maine State AGApr 7 · first · this page

Nebraska State AG+90d

New Hampshire State AG+90d

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (VT), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 90-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-a1252b4f8318/3518a2e2-0f7d-4608-8736-55822542bb18.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2026
Raw hash: c2937494f8424b96a6050cd72bc123d953fe8109c5820f6bc32dfa235403ebf2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTroutman Pepper Locke, LLP

Victim entityJ.M. Forbes & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2025

Stated responseTook action to lockdown the affected account

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov