HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Fesmire & Williams

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 20, 2022

Filed

Sep 27, 2022

To disclose

7 days

Affected · nationwide

9,9135 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Fesmire & Williams →

Fesmire & Williams, a professional services firm, reported a data breach affecting 9,913 individuals. The incident occurred on November 17, 2021, and was discovered on September 20, 2022. The breach was described as an external system breach (hacking), and compromised data included names combined with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes. Affected individuals were notified on September 27, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 20, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 27, 20227d ✓ ME AG ≤30d7 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 · 307 days

discovery → filing · 7 days

Nov 17, 2021

Begins

Sep 20, 2022

Discovered

Sep 27, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_16dd38eac29ab6a22022-09-27Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_342fe5a7be9f6a2f2022-09-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_4bdd0d97890af1bd2022-09-27Verified

Name: Fesmire & Williams
norm: fesmire williams

Name: Fesmire & Williams
norm: fesmire williams
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 20, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2021
Undetected for: 307 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2022
Affected individuals: 9,913state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

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

Time to disclose: 7 days(7 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 7d
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: Sep 20, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 27, 2022
7d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 20, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 27, 2022	7d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGSep 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 27 · first

Indiana State AGSep 27 · first

Maine State AGSep 27 · first · this page

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/e840102c-3331-4c5e-8f07-a0e73c4b782b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2022
Raw hash: f21fcf68f5d9f6ff61bd0536afb7c769236790aa8724605cd3f93d61a30604a2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFesmire & Williams

Victim entityFesmire & Williams

Incidentdiscovered Sep 20, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov