HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 26, 2024

Filed

Mar 10, 2025

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

108state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc. →2 incidents on file

Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc. (PLEA) notified the Maryland Attorney General on March 10, 2025, of a data breach discovered on September 26, 2024. Unauthorized access to PLEA's systems exposed personal information of 108 Maryland residents, including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and medical/insurance data. PLEA engaged forensic experts, reset credentials, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 165 days

Sep 26, 2024

Discovered

Mar 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_557da7b10286f4412025-03-10Candidate
Montana State AGbd_78cee5f570bed9f02025-03-10Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_bfe9c9338b4882db2025-03-10Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_f235dbd67685967e2025-03-10Verified

Name: CLARK HILL PLC
norm: clark hill

Name: Professional Law Enforcement Association Inc.
norm: professional law enforcement
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 108state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Office of the Attorney General Identity Theft Unit
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected affected systems
Engaged independent computer forensic experts
Changed passwords
Implemented additional restrictions on accessing this system
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Changed passwords
Implemented additional restrictions on accessing this system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(165 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Maine State AGMar 10 · first

Montana State AGMar 10 · first

Indiana State AGMar 10 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 10 · first

Maryland State AGMar 10 · 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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376522.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2025
Raw hash: b8e081cb3c2e93e700341d2911a510af8c4008d74c7454deca89cf1be7c6d7fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCLARK HILL PLC

Victim entityProfessional Law Enforcement Association Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected affected systems

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov