HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 18, 2024

Filed

Apr 11, 2024

To disclose

24 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP →3 incidents on file

Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP notified Vermont consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed an employee email account between Nov 7-9, 2023. The incident was discovered on March 18, 2024. Personal information was accessed. The firm offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday24 days 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 · 132 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

Nov 7, 2023

Begins

Mar 18, 2024

Discovered

Apr 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_60aa381ab8e20f6a2024-04-11Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_f42ba151b9f2c9ac2024-04-15 · +4dVerified

Name: Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP
norm: brown paindiris scott

Name: Brown Paindiris & Scott, LLP
norm: brown paindiris scott
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 7, 2023 – Nov 9, 2023
Undetected for: 132 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 11, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Vermont Attorney General's Office
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted forensic investigation
Offered complimentary one-year membership of Identity Defense Complete credit and identity monitoring
Changes made: Remediated the issue
Evaluated and modified practices and internal controls to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
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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Maine State AGApr 11 · first

Vermont State AGApr 11 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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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/2024-04-11-brown-paindiris-scott-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 11, 2024
Raw hash: 530f67c87261488a6978ec4c5135c43463f75cbe17fe4e52af7e285b53ad4455

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

Victim entityBrown Paindiris & Scott, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Mar 18, 2024

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov