HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Braverman CPA PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 29, 2024

Filed

Jun 27, 2024

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

2342 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Braverman CPA PC →2 incidents on file

Braverman CPA PC reported a third-party vendor breach affecting 234 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Unauthorized access to a tax filing software vendor's system resulted in the exposure of names, SSNs, DOBs, addresses, financial accounts, and driver's licenses. The incident was discovered on May 29, 2024, and notifications were sent on June 28, 2024.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 29, 2024 → Filed with AG Jun 27, 202429d ✓ ME AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

May 29, 2024

Begins

May 29, 2024

Discovered

Jun 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a27f22e5ef844b932024-06-28 · +1dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Braverman CPA PC
norm: braverman cpa
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 29, 2024
Breach occurred: May 29, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2024
Affected individuals: 234state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the IRS
Third party: via Third-party tax filing software company
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Notified the tax filing software company
Notified our IT company
Worked with the vendor to secure the environment
Reported the matter to the IRS
Worked with the IRS to reset our e-filing number (EFIN)
Provided 12 months complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Reset e-filing number (EFIN)
Providing access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 29, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jun 27, 2024
29d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 29, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jun 27, 2024	29d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJun 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts 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-a1252b4f8318/38f17259-32b3-4443-add1-7486fb09c86b.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2024
Raw hash: 5031bc68b37d744d367a469a69b92237609a1a05ca2d7f0639049b109fb05d35

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityBraverman CPA PC

Incidentdiscovered May 29, 2024

Stated responseNotified the tax filing software company

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov