HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Kevin Leeds, CPA, PC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 29, 2024

Filed

Nov 6, 2024

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,9071 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

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Kevin Leeds, CPA, PC, a financial services firm in New Jersey, disclosed an external system breach (hacking) on January 29, 2024, discovered October 14, 2024. The incident affected 1,907 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Personal information, including names and government identifiers, was accessed. The firm engaged cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 29, 2024 → Filed with AG Nov 6, 2024282d ✗ ME AG >90d40 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 · 40 weeks / 282 days

Jan 29, 2024

Begins

Jan 29, 2024

Discovered

Nov 6, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_350bc52916f3b07e2024-11-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5ec87e5d85ad8eb52024-11-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c77350f5cae501432024-11-06Verified
Vermont State AGbd_bf07943f9a7921d12024-11-07 · +1dCandidate

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: Kevin Leeds, CPA, PC
norm: kevin leeds cpa
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 29, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 29, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,907state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to assist with an investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Provided 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(282 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 282dME resident >180d · 282d
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: Jan 29, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Nov 6, 2024
282d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 29, 2024
→ Notified: Nov 6, 2024
282d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 29, 2024 → Filed with AG: Nov 6, 2024	282d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 29, 2024 → Notified: Nov 6, 2024	282d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGNov 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 6 · first

Maine State AGNov 6 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/659e3b21-4f1c-4ae3-a29f-a6e7623210e5.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2024
Raw hash: c3500e68b613e8238fbc890834b01b73b9dbcfe55ed2788e88f923fe6ff7c228

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityKevin Leeds, CPA, PC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 29, 2024

Stated responseEngaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to assist with an investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov