HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Gateway Financial Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2020

Filed

Nov 1, 2021

To disclose

47 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gateway Financial Solutions →

Gateway Financial Solutions notified NH AG of unauthorized network access between Nov 12 and Dec 6, 2020. Investigation concluded Sep 27, 2021 revealed names and SSN/Driver's License of 3 NH residents were exfiltrated. Notifications sent Oct 27, 2021 with credit monitoring offers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 47 weeks / 330 days

Nov 12, 2020

Begins

Dec 6, 2020

Discovered

Nov 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+39 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5336888aebb18a632021-10-27 · +5dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_6bc5693d832aa6462021-10-27 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_75b14fe7471c5a252021-10-27 · +5dVerified

Name: Gateway Financial Solutions
norm: gateway financial

Name: Gateway Financial Solutions
norm: gateway financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2020 – Dec 6, 2020
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Offering the affected residents whose Social Security numbers were impacted complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 47 weeks(330 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGOct 27 · first

Maine State AGOct 27 · first

Indiana State AGOct 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 27 (MT), last Nov 1 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/gateway-financial-solutions-20211101.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 1, 2021
Raw hash: b1493a06fdc8aa0820f801f9a84808c686822fe3533a7b74cd2fd542dff4fb95

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGateway Financial Solutions

Victim entityGateway Financial Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov