HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Carter Mario Law Firm

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

Aug 15, 2023

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

14,8279 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Carter Mario Law Firm →

Carter Mario Law Firm reported an external system breach that occurred on January 22, 2023, and was discovered on July 20, 2023. The breach affected 14,827 individuals, compromising names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The firm began notifying affected individuals on August 15, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 20, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 15, 202326d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 days 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 · 179 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Jan 22, 2023

Begins

Jul 20, 2023

Discovered

Aug 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_14936719d3311f6b2023-08-15Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5666c31a7b6213042023-08-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5e2a8253e937f2f22023-08-21 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d8a93f8427d314e42023-08-22 · +7dVerified

Name: Carter Mario Law Firm
norm: carter mario law firm

Name: Carter Mario Law Firm
norm: carter mario law firm
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 22, 2023
Undetected for: 179 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2023
Affected individuals: 14,827state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered identity theft protection services
Changes made: Offered 12 months of 1B credit monitoring through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 26d
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: Jul 20, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Aug 15, 2023
26d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 20, 2023 → Filed with AG: Aug 15, 2023	26d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGAug 15 · first

Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

Maine State AGAug 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (MT), last Aug 22 (MA) — a 7-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/e928a250-0143-49f6-ba9d-c9fd4b5a5af4.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2023
Raw hash: 8465e95bb53e330b1ce53b1fa394ebee90363576310693785d197ae0266dac93

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarter Mario Law Firm

Victim entityCarter Mario Law Firm

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov