HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Courtney CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2024

Filed

Aug 2, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2542 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Courtney CPA →

Courtney CPA, PC reported an external system breach on March 4, 2024, affecting 254 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to personal information (names, SSNs, bank accounts) via compromised credentials on a third-party storage system. Notices were sent on August 1, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 4, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 2, 2024151d ✗ ME AG >90d22 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 · 22 weeks / 151 days

Mar 4, 2024

Begins

Mar 4, 2024

Discovered

Aug 2, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed254 affectedView incident

Name: Courtney CPA
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Name: Courtney CPA
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Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 4, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 1, 2024
Affected individuals: 254state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified policeWorking with the IRS
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted the police
Retained the services of a reputable computer forensics company
Offering a complimentary 12-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Enrolled in the IRS’s secure filing program
Migrating all data off of the potentially compromised third party storage system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 151dME resident >60d · 150d
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: Mar 4, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 2, 2024
151d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 4, 2024
→ Notified: Aug 1, 2024
150d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 4, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 2, 2024	151d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 4, 2024 → Notified: Aug 1, 2024	150d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

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-a1252b4f8318/504e9d08-423c-4dd8-abd4-308a71eaa7ec.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 2, 2024
Raw hash: f1a35a4184f0274d1b62dbda9df252743c726a3cb14cd7c8e7c5758053647ac2

Reporting entityCourtney CPA

Victim entityCourtney CPA

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2024

Stated responseContacted the police

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov