HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

RBN and Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 15, 2024

Filed

Nov 18, 2024

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RBN and Associates, Inc. →

RBN and Associates, Inc. d/b/a RBN Insurance Services notified the NH AG of a cybersecurity incident discovered May 15, 2024. Unauthorized access to one employee email account occurred between Feb 24 and Mar 5, 2024. 14 NH residents affected; data included PII and government IDs. RBN secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, enabled MFA, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 81 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 187 days

Feb 24, 2024

Begins

May 15, 2024

Discovered

Nov 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2520bfe160c5685d2024-11-15 · +3dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_964dd14de02a72a02024-11-15 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_22ab5c7bf830e2972024-11-14 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_349bbd9f774de3b12024-11-14 · +4dCandidate

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Maine State AGbd_4edf74bab80920ed2024-11-14 · +4dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_1e73063106ba5ba22024-11-01 · +17dVerified by operator

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: RBN and Associates, Inc.
norm: rbn and associates
Also named: RBN and Associates, Inc.dba oflegal entity
RBN Insurance Servicesdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 15, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2024 – Mar 5, 2024
Undetected for: 81 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Engaged a third-party data mining vendor to conduct a comprehensive review of the contents of the employee e-mail user account
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services to New Hampshire residents
Changes made: Performed a reset of all passwords across the organization
Disabled web access to email
Updated DMARC records
Verified use of MFA (multi-factor authentication) across systems
Reviewed data retention and data segmentation processes
Developed plans to upgrade active directory
Imposed conditional access requirements
Conducts ongoing cybersecurity training for employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(187 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGNov 1 · first

Indiana State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d

Maine State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

South Carolina State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+17d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 1 (IL), last Nov 18 (NH) — a 17-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/rbn-associates-insurance-20241118.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 18, 2024
Raw hash: 6f04863c3bd0a30149f11591617101e675b7b3f341811f2071cc015fcffe681d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityRBN and Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2024

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov