HackingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

May 4, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected · nationwide

12,3791 in this filing

Linked

29 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →6 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, a commercial entity, reported a data breach affecting one Maine resident. The incident, which occurred at a third-party service provider, took place from November 8, 2020, to December 3, 2020, and was discovered on the end date. The compromised data includes names and Social Security Numbers. In response, the company offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through ID Experts.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 3, 2020 → Filed with AG May 4, 2021152d ⏱ ME AG >30d22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

May 4, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 29 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27 · +388dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27 · +388dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_bf5fbe9cd13d56d02022-05-27 · +388dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_d8abad6eabb79ff82022-05-27 · +388dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 521d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_74b4a2c65ecffaf02022-06-03 · +395dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_32f04329d39de2072022-08-12 · +465dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +465dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +468dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +517dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +521dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 28 linked disclosures.

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 12,379state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain

Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through ID Experts.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 152dME resident >60d · 152d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
→ Filed with AG: May 4, 2021
152d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
→ Notified: May 4, 2021
152d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 3, 2020 → Filed with AG: May 4, 2021	152d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Dec 3, 2020 → Notified: May 4, 2021	152d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGMay 4 · first · this page

Maine State AG+388d

Massachusetts State AG+388d

California State AG+388d

New Hampshire State AG+395d

California State AG+465d

Maine State AG+465d

New Hampshire State AG+468d

Maine State AG+517d

New Hampshire State AG+521d

Pattern: first filing May 4 (ME), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 521-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 28 — the full spread may be wider.

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-a1252b4f8318/8a79d218-7dab-4602-9df4-91722c0a6586.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 4, 2021
Raw hash: 67b20ebd3374732244c661ad74ddec1447f670106f7ee63c7c6afb18046d50c0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseOffered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services through ID Experts.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov