Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Katz Accountancy Corporation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 6, 2025

Filed

Jul 30, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2162 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Katz Accountancy Corporation →

Katz Accountancy Corporation reported a phishing incident where a fraudulent email appeared to originate from the firm. The breach affected 216 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The incident occurred on February 3, 2025, was discovered on February 6, 2025, and notifications were sent on February 6, 2025. The firm engaged a cyber security expert and advised clients to monitor credit reports.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 6, 2025 → Filed with AG Jul 30, 2025174d ✗ ME AG >90d25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 174 days

Feb 3, 2025

Begins

Feb 6, 2025

Discovered

Jul 30, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed216 affectedView incident

Name: Katz Accountancy Corporation
norm: katz accountancy

Name: Katz Accountancy Corporation
norm: katz accountancy
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 3, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 216state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a cyber security expert
Sent notification letters to affected clients
Changes made: Advised clients to place fraud alerts with credit agencies
Advised clients to obtain free credit reports
Advised clients to place credit freezes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(174 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 174d
Discovery-date grounding: notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 6, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jul 30, 2025
174d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 6, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jul 30, 2025	174d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-a1252b4f8318/0cb3573e-a178-49ec-ae13-b175a29492db.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 30, 2025
Raw hash: ed0e1c1854b8843a9b6488015d5b81ce117abb0e0a6817b0bf22b38e424a112e

Reporting entityKatz Accountancy Corporation

Victim entityKatz Accountancy Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2025

Stated responseEngaged a cyber security expert

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov