HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PEER Consultants

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 7, 2024

Filed

Aug 21, 2024

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PEER Consultants →

PEER Consultants, P.C. notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized access occurred between Jan 18 and Feb 7, 2024. Affected data included names, SSNs, and government IDs. The company offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No specific total count was disclosed, though one Rhode Island resident was identified.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 196 days

Jan 18, 2024

Begins

Feb 7, 2024

Discovered

Aug 21, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

A leak claim by akira about this victim predates this filing by 180 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_c68aebaf059105002024-02-22 · +180dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_32e9082e5618dfa92024-08-21Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_9d18594186d396902024-08-21Verified

Name: PEER Consultants
norm: peer consultants
Domain: peercpc.com

Name: PEER Consultants
norm: peer consultants
Domain: peercpc.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 7, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 18, 2024 – Feb 7, 2024
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the network
Commenced an investigation
Undertook a review of the involved data
Offering 24 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional technical safeguards
Revising policies related to handling of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(196 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 21 · first

Vermont State AGAug 21 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-08-21-peer-consultants-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2024
Raw hash: 979aa2f3db65d6a821e9720c5d399e2f31b2aed18fbf51ee04a48d3f82acfcd9

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPEER Consultants

Victim entityPEER Consultants

Incidentdiscovered Feb 7, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov