HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Abbey Tax. LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 5, 2022

Filed

Mar 23, 2023

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8841 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Abbey Tax. LLC →

Abbey Tax, LLC experienced an external system breach (hacking) on October 5, 2022. The incident compromised the names and Social Security Numbers of 884 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Abbey Tax notified affected individuals in writing on March 23, 2023, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 5, 2022 → Filed with AG Mar 23, 2023169d ⏱ ME AG >30d24 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 · 24 weeks / 169 days

Oct 5, 2022

Begins

Oct 5, 2022

Discovered

Mar 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_6aa6cc5b2aa037692023-03-23Candidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Abbey Tax. LLC
norm: abbey tax
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 5, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 5, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 23, 2023
Affected individuals: 884state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 Months of Credit Monitoring and ID Theft Protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 169dME resident >60d · 169d
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: Oct 5, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Mar 23, 2023
169d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 5, 2022
→ Notified: Mar 23, 2023
169d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 5, 2022 → Filed with AG: Mar 23, 2023	169d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 5, 2022 → Notified: Mar 23, 2023	169d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGMar 23 · first

Maine State AGMar 23 · 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-a1252b4f8318/53f0af86-83aa-4474-a1cb-d6d82e359b57.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2023
Raw hash: 599be2ff258952a4c087fc00bc681cb907d57490814bdba70cdc81e587e508d7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityAbbey Tax. LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 5, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov