Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

RBN and Associates, Inc.

bd_349bbd9f774de3b1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 15, 2024

Filed

Nov 14, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for RBN and Associates, Inc. →

RBN and Associates, Inc. d/b/a RBN Insurance Services notified Montana residents of a data incident discovered May 15, 2024, where an employee email account was accessed by an unauthorized user, likely via phishing. The incident may have exposed personal information of individuals enrolled in or eligible for insurance plans serviced by RBN. RBN engaged forensic investigators, secured the account, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

May 15, 2024

Discovered

Nov 14, 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

Indiana State AGbd_22ab5c7bf830e2972024-11-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_4edf74bab80920ed2024-11-14Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_2520bfe160c5685d2024-11-15 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_964dd14de02a72a02024-11-15 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_2c345bd6fb768c202024-11-18 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_1e73063106ba5ba22024-11-01 · +13dVerified by operator

Name: RBN and Associates, Inc.
norm: rbn and associates

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 ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 15, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Engaged a third-party data mining firm to conduct a review of the information contained within the accessed e-mail account
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Conducts ongoing cybersecurity training for employees
Updated DMARC records
Verified use of multi-factor authentication across its systems
Updating its data retention and segmentation processes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 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

Maine State AG+13d

Montana State AG+13d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+14d

South Carolina State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+17d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Consumer-notification-letter-19.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2024
Raw hash: f57db182786cc44a5474adca0498dd6b54d2f39436f653a66d193520d3d82d40

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRBN and Associates, Inc.

Victim entityRBN and Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2024

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov