HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Bowden Barlow Law, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 11, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Grow Financial Federal Credit Union notified Montana residents of a breach involving its former third-party legal provider, Bowden Barlow Law, P.A. An unknown actor accessed a server between Nov 17 and Dec 1, 2023, downloading documents containing names, addresses, SSNs, and financial account info. Grow Financial engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

Nov 17, 2023

Begins

Mar 11, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_9c1ecc65aab61b782024-03-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dcae4126adc0536a2024-03-11Verified

Name: Grow Financial Federal Credit Union
norm: grow financial federal credit union

Name: Bowden Barlow Law, P.A.
norm: bowden barlow law
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 17, 2023 – Dec 1, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified local and federal law enforcement
Third party: via Bowden Barlow Law, P.A.
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured its computer systems
Began an internal investigation
Engaged a third-party computer forensics firm to assist with the investigation
Notified local and federal law enforcement
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Enhancing its technical security measures and security policies
No longer working with Bowden Barlow for legal matters
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGMar 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 11 · first

Montana State AGMar 11 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1174.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2024
Raw hash: afa9e95b8d7964f5e9ee750d558e89862723ab4201943f2b848348d5c7b66444

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGrow Financial Federal Credit Union

Victim entityBowden Barlow Law, P.A.

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseSecured its computer systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov