HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 26, 2025

Filed

Jun 26, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7531 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC →

Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC reported a data breach on March 13, 2025, where an unauthorized actor accessed systems and exfiltrated personal data. The incident was discovered on March 26, 2025, after tax filings were rejected by the IRS. Approximately 753 individuals were affected, including 1 Maine resident. The firm reported the incident to the IRS and law enforcement, and engaged Kroll to provide 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 26, 2025 → Filed with AG Jun 26, 202592d ✗ ME AG >90d13 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 · 13 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Mar 13, 2025

Begins

Mar 26, 2025

Discovered

Jun 26, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_4fbbc82cedd736992025-07-07 · +11dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d55ac5c2ea4b1a882025-07-07 · +11dVerified

Name: Kennedys CMK LLP
norm: kennedys cmk

Name: Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC
norm: sanders walsh eaton cpas
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 26, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2025
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 18, 2025
Affected individuals: 753state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSFiled notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reported the incident to law enforcement
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Provided identity monitoring services including Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 92dME resident >60d · 84d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 26, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Jun 26, 2025
92d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Mar 26, 2025
→ Notified: Jun 18, 2025
84d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 26, 2025 → Filed with AG: Jun 26, 2025	92d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Mar 26, 2025 → Notified: Jun 18, 2025	84d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJun 26 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Jun 26 (ME), last Jul 7 (MA) — a 11-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c302e4a0-823c-4fc3-9343-6e066c02e266.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2025
Raw hash: 58d43447d94f0e3bcae7dfe7a1aadfb7c4ab8568c7700085c8f69c21f8c2c426

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKennedys CMK LLP

Victim entitySanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 26, 2025

Stated responseReported the incident to law enforcement

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov