MalwareFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 26, 2024

Filed

Apr 26, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

25,175state residents only

Linked

42 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Financial Business and Consumer Solutions →5 incidents on file

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Inc. (FBCS) reported a ransomware incident to Washington AG. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 14-26, 2024, discovered Feb 26, 2024. 25,175 WA residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, financial info, and medical info. FBCS engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 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 · 12 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Feb 14, 2024

Begins

Feb 26, 2024

Discovered

Apr 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 42 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_5850790346d7c4012024-07-19 · +84dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a82b0808fbf4e1dd2024-07-19 · +84dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eb91a12e88bc4cde2024-07-19 · +84dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a0e0de982097adb92024-07-23 · +88dVerified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_b1a53ba54e669a4b2024-07-23 · +88dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_ce0e031ee781c8692024-07-23 · +88dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_64ebabde5b434bad2024-09-26 · +153dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_93b92f648e6f13672024-09-26 · +153dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_bb4797a206b89eab2024-10-03 · +160dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_f4a1b0c8055061e42024-11-27 · +215dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 41 linked disclosures.

Name: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions
norm: financial business and consumer
Domain: fbcs-inc.com

Name: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions
norm: financial business and consumer
Domain: fbcs-inc.com
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 14, 2024 – Feb 26, 2024
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 25,175state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington State Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensics specialists
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Cyex
Implemented additional safeguards in a newly built environment
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards in a newly built environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

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Washington State AGApr 26 · first · this page

California State AG+84d

New Hampshire State AG+84d

Maine State AG+84d

New Hampshire State AG+88d

Maine State AG+88d

California State AG+88d

Vermont State AG+153d

Maine State AG+153d

Maine State AG+160d

California State AG+215d

Pattern: first filing Apr 26 (WA), last Nov 27 (CA) — a 215-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 41 — the full spread may be wider.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA28886.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 26, 2024
Raw hash: d3ed69206abe880f9667b6d12d7feec8d6679697b942003961b8412a3637fe6c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFinancial Business and Consumer Solutions

Victim entityFinancial Business and Consumer Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensics specialists

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com