HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Bolton Global Capital, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 8, 2022

Filed

Mar 10, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

6,354868 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bolton Global Capital, Inc. →

Bolton Global Capital, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between August 12, 2021, and September 9, 2021. The incident affected 6,354 individuals, including 868 Maine residents. Acquired data included names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers. Notification was sent on March 10, 2022, offering 12 months of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 8, 2022 → Filed with AG Mar 10, 202230d ✓ ME AG ≤30d4 weeks 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 · 180 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Aug 12, 2021

Begins

Feb 8, 2022

Discovered

Mar 10, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_10930098d9d5d1572022-03-10Candidate
Montana State AGbd_74e6452a6320c0432022-03-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_022a2914c6876bf92022-03-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Bolton Global Capital, Inc.
norm: bolton global
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 12, 2021 – Sep 9, 2021
Undetected for: 180 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 10, 2022
Affected individuals: 6,354state + 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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 12 months of complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Provided credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 30d
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: Feb 8, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Mar 10, 2022
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 8, 2022 → Filed with AG: Mar 10, 2022	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMar 10 · first

Montana State AGMar 10 · first

Maine State AGMar 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/15eaa887-2289-4e2c-bbb4-074f5927d3f8.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 10, 2022
Raw hash: 6a7fe942a870b35933c6904dd018f422a8908fe9841a04ff2dc775e35d6d4a20

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityBolton Global Capital, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 8, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov