HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 18, 2024

Filed

Jun 5, 2024

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

85state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc. notified individuals of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Feb 1-19, 2024, discovered Feb 18, 2024. Affected data included names and address information. No evidence of misuse found. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 108 days

Feb 1, 2024

Begins

Feb 18, 2024

Discovered

Jun 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_55c9b42d4c232f972024-06-05Verified
Maine State AGbd_eaac0250598c2f0a2024-06-04 · +1dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_2bb99466b86076732024-05-28 · +8dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_d9ce60ea203bb1212024-05-28 · +8dVerified

Name: Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.
norm: matthews gold kennedy snow

Name: Matthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.
norm: matthews gold kennedy snow
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2024 – Feb 19, 2024
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2024
Affected individuals: 85state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged our I.T. team and third-party forensic specialists to investigate this matter
Arranged for you to activate, at no cost to you, an online credit monitoring service for twelve (12) months provided by Cyberscout, a TransUnion company
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(108 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Vermont State AGMay 28 · first

Indiana State AGMay 28 · first

Maine State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Montana State AG+8d · this page

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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1454.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 5, 2024
Raw hash: b94ac5ab66d080e722393a4ec935ec8ec28d66e236cf0b290d265e249ea68b82

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMatthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

Victim entityMatthews, Gold, Kennedy & Snow, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2024

Stated responseEngaged our I.T. team and third-party forensic specialists to investigate this matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov