HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowResolved

BARD ASSOCIATES LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 10, 2022

Filed

Jan 25, 2022

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

1711 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BARD ASSOCIATES LLC →

Bard Associates, Inc. reported a data breach involving unauthorized access to an email account, which occurred between July 8, 2021, and January 10, 2022. The incident was discovered on January 10, 2022. A total of 171 individuals were affected, with one being a Maine resident. The compromised information included names and financial account numbers with associated access codes. Bard Associates offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through IDX to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 10, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 25, 202215d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 days 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 · 186 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Jul 8, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2022

Discovered

Jan 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_3a58e5a474ae4a0d2022-01-28 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_67fbdf5c0d2be2572022-01-28 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_7c5674fd8db97a0d2022-01-28 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_c54b05b6901994f72022-01-21 · +4dVerified

Name: BARD ASSOCIATES LLC
norm: bard associates

Name: BARD ASSOCIATES LLC
norm: bard associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 8, 2021 – Jan 10, 2022
Undetected for: 186 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 171state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers on 01/21/2022
Offered 24 months of triple credit bureau monitoring and CyberScan monitoring, a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy, and fully managed ID theft recovery services through IDX.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 15d
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: Jan 10, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jan 25, 2022
15d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 10, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jan 25, 2022	15d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJan 21 · first

Maine State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jan 21 (IN), last Jan 28 (ME) — a 7-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/e0eeb2af-7d6c-4924-9738-b580e8114d90.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2022
Raw hash: 4191f1b21db251244e4466dc0481f399830d79101424d97b3c7a6d6b410d7c69

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBARD ASSOCIATES LLC

Victim entityBARD ASSOCIATES LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers on 01/21/2022

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov