DisclosureLens
Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 1, 2024

Filed

Jun 4, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,0181 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc. →

Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc. reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an email compromise incident occurred between February 1, 2024, and February 19, 2024. The breach was discovered on April 1, 2024. The incident resulted in the unauthorized acquisition of names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was affected out of a total of 5,018 individuals. The company began notifying affected individuals on May 28, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout/Transunion.

Maine clockDiscovered Apr 1, 2024 → Filed with AG Jun 4, 202464d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 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 · 60 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Feb 1, 2024

Begins

Apr 1, 2024

Discovered

Jun 4, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGMay 28 · first
Indiana State AGMay 28 · first
Maine State AG+7d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+8d
Montana State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing May 28 (VT), last Jun 5 (MT) — a 8-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.