On March 1, 2023, Carbahal & Company suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party gained access to an employee’s email account. The incident was detected on March 15, 2023, exposing sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers (SSNs), of 342 individuals, among whom 4 were Maine residents. The breach posed a significant risk of identity theft, prompting the company to offer 12 months of identity theft protection services via Identity Force to affected individuals. The compromised data, particularly SSNs, heightens the potential for fraudulent activities, financial exploitation, and long-term reputational harm to both the company and the impacted individuals. While the breach was contained to a single email account, the nature of the exposed data—government-issued identifiers—elevates the severity due to the irreversible risks associated with identity fraud and the administrative burden of mitigation for victims.