HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Retirement Consultant Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

May 5, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,0732 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Retirement Consultant Services →

Retirement Consultant Services experienced an external system breach (hacking) on September 24, 2020, discovered on March 10, 2021. The incident compromised names and financial account numbers (including credit/debit card numbers with security codes/PINs) of 4,073 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The entity provided written notification on May 3, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 10, 2021 → Filed with AG May 5, 202156d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 167 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 24, 2020

Begins

Mar 10, 2021

Discovered

May 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_bd3dea711a65a5fd2021-05-04 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_f6ab0c81606a23932021-05-07 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_a2d10631f40d7c472021-05-03 · +2dVerified

Name: Retirement Consultant Services
norm: retirement consultant

Name: Retirement Consultant Services
norm: retirement consultant
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2020
Undetected for: 167 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 3, 2021
Affected individuals: 4,073state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 56d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 10, 2021
→ Filed with AG: May 5, 2021
56d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 10, 2021 → Filed with AG: May 5, 2021	56d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMay 3 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+2d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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-a1252b4f8318/084a78af-f5d3-450c-8e5a-a12d6f819b46.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 5, 2021
Raw hash: 2f7eaf82d30b7101e4b284989d6be2a51f02aa7615add45f2bd1b5db04463720

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRetirement Consultant Services

Victim entityRetirement Consultant Services

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov