HackingProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Falco Sult & Company, PS

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 23, 2024

Filed

Dec 13, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,0882 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Falco Sult & Company, PS →

Falco Sult & Company, PS, a CPA firm, reported an external system breach on September 23, 2024, affecting 2,088 individuals. Unauthorized access compromised names, addresses, SSNs, and financial account numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, secured the network, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 23, 2024 → Filed with AG Dec 13, 202481d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Sep 23, 2024

Begins

Sep 23, 2024

Discovered

Dec 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_95e28a1d77d788872024-12-13Verified
Montana State AGbd_ec3e7ca1ad3c38132024-12-12 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_7215f75cf1a806f12024-10-18 · +56dCandidate

Name: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP
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Name: Falco Sult & Company, PS
norm: falco sult company ps
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 23, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2024
Affected individuals: 2,088state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General via online portal
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disconnected all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to assist with securing the environment and conduct a comprehensive forensic investigation
Changed administrative credentials
Restored operations in a safe and secure mode
Enhanced security measures
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Cyberscout
Changes made: Enhanced security measures
Changed administrative credentials
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 81dME resident >60d · 80d
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: Sep 23, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Dec 13, 2024
81d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 23, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 12, 2024
80d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 23, 2024 → Filed with AG: Dec 13, 2024	81d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 23, 2024 → Notified: Dec 12, 2024	80d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Washington State AGOct 18 · first

Montana State AG+55d

Massachusetts State AG+56d

Maine State AG+56d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 18 (WA), last Dec 13 (ME) — a 56-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-a1252b4f8318/75f2f0d0-6cde-4b92-b952-02cf792a700b.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 13, 2024
Raw hash: cddfad0ab4b18456188612ee85fb71d5781b64881322cff40083676b99895f3b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman and Dicker LLP

Victim entityFalco Sult & Company, PS

Incidentdiscovered Sep 23, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected all access to the network

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov