HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Advantage Gold

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 5, 2025

Filed

Mar 29, 2026

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7,96036 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Advantage Gold →

Advantage Gold reported an external system breach (hacking) on September 5, 2025, where a third-party firewall vulnerability was exploited. The incident affected 7,960 individuals, including 36 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, addresses, SSNs, and custodian account numbers. Notices were sent on March 27, 2026, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 5, 2025 → Filed with AG Mar 29, 2026205d ✗ ME AG >90d29 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 · 29 weeks / 205 days

Sep 5, 2025

Begins

Sep 5, 2025

Discovered

Mar 29, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_3b1861f37409e0912026-03-29Verified
California State AGbd_6e5ed94e189888b52026-03-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_afb5ebc07d7af1682026-03-29Verified
Texas State AGbd_cde4ae1eb82122782026-03-30 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e831c4d2bbadd0fa2026-03-30 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b4195eb2e9c942e92026-03-27 · +2dVerified

Name: Advantage Gold
norm: advantage gold
Domain: advantagegold.com

Name: Advantage Gold
norm: advantage gold
Domain: advantagegold.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 5, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 5, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2026
Affected individuals: 7,960state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged outside cybersecurity and IT experts to help investigate and contain the incident
Retained outside cybersecurity counsel to assist in fulfilling obligations
Offered complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Changes made: Offered complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(205 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 205dME resident >180d · 203d
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: Sep 5, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Mar 29, 2026
205d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 5, 2025
→ Notified: Mar 27, 2026
203d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 5, 2025 → Filed with AG: Mar 29, 2026	205d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 5, 2025 → Notified: Mar 27, 2026	203d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGMar 27 · first

Vermont State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d · this page

Texas State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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/bf4ffd34-5d3e-4655-8703-c564a47bb932.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2026
Raw hash: 67f0bd4179eeae5eb5672b98726ecfeedbd2b659ed9423154e65eb07ac52e9e3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvantage Gold

Victim entityAdvantage Gold

Incidentdiscovered Sep 5, 2025

Stated responseEngaged outside cybersecurity and IT experts to help investigate and contain the incident

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov