HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCritical

First Financial Security

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Oct 17, 2023

Filed

Jan 22, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected · nationwide

105,76418 in this filing

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for First Financial Security →

First Financial Security, Inc. reported an external system breach that occurred and was discovered on October 17, 2023. The incident affected 18 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notification to affected consumers on January 19, 2024, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 17, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 22, 202497d ✗ ME AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Oct 17, 2023

Begins

Oct 17, 2023

Discovered

Jan 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhouse about this victim predates this filing by 95 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_3cce2402d8d3ade92024-01-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_be68a4e3fb13fb6a2024-01-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_26bec3675d7747c02024-01-23 · +1dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_376c075094fa399a2024-01-23 · +1dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 11d gap

Oregon State AGbd_d5e7a15eb37ead792024-01-23 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e247aee4a995db932024-01-23 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_4d924f83378dd3732024-01-19 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c0dc65dca43d10ba2024-01-19 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_fdcfb106d48342b82024-02-01 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dc6f4463bca2e3692024-02-02 · +11dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: First Financial Security
norm: first financial security
Domain: firstfinancialsecurity.com

Name: First Financial Security
norm: first financial security
Domain: firstfinancialsecurity.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2024
Affected individuals: 105,764state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 97dME resident >60d · 94dLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 17, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jan 22, 2024
97d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 17, 2023
→ Notified: Jan 19, 2024
94d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 17, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jan 22, 2024	97d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 17, 2023 → Notified: Jan 19, 2024	94d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGJan 19 · first

Indiana State AGJan 19 · first

California State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Maine State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (CA), last Feb 2 (MA) — a 14-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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-a1252b4f8318/9c0fa869-7117-44ac-8aa3-dd2ced8d80c3.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2024
Raw hash: fedc88b45e0eaabbe6164e6ee935af69d21883196d2dece51be5a966e4264971

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Financial Security

Victim entityFirst Financial Security

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services through IDX.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov