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

Best Practice Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 31, 2022

Filed

Sep 20, 2022

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1615 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Best Practice Associates →

Best Practice Associates, operating as Federal Advisory Partners, experienced an external system breach on February 20, 2022, which was discovered on July 31, 2022. The incident compromised the names and financial account or card numbers (with access codes) of 161 individuals. The company began notifying affected individuals on September 20, 2022, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity theft protection services from Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 31, 2022 → Filed with AG Sep 20, 202251d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks 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 · 161 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Feb 20, 2022

Begins

Jul 31, 2022

Discovered

Sep 20, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_625231341b9deeae2022-09-20Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_065720d9d35424422022-09-26 · +6dVerified

Name: Best Practice Associates
norm: best practice associates

Name: Best Practice Associates
norm: best practice associates
Also named: Best Practice Associatesdba oflegal entity
Federal Advisory Partnersdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 31, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 20, 2022
Undetected for: 161 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2022
Affected individuals: 161state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 51d
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: Jul 31, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Sep 20, 2022
51d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 31, 2022 → Filed with AG: Sep 20, 2022	51d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 20 · first

Maine State AGSep 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 20 (MA), last Sep 26 (NH) — a 6-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/f2052f36-af26-4297-b795-08d6b58db5e5.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2022
Raw hash: 83a9cf55b3380483c578b9d51c07b2c562bdbeaa734c7eba706741a4734d37d1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBest Practice Associates

Victim entityBest Practice Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jul 31, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian IdentityWorks

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov