HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Insurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 18, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Insurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc →2 incidents on file

Insurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc. (IAMS) disclosed that an unauthorized third party remotely accessed its computer systems between March 1, 2024, and May 3, 2024. The incident potentially exposed personal information, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security Numbers. IAMS engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, reported the incident to the FBI, and implemented security enhancements. Identity theft protection services are being offered to affected individuals.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Mar 1, 2024

Begins

Sep 18, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemoneymessagebd_ac947557f60d2a442024-05-16 · +124dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_a0dc7cc564b041472024-09-18Verified by operator
Washington State AGbd_ac2f31361d0096dc2024-09-18Verified
Wisconsin State AGbd_4aa73ec7c9933f552024-09-20 · +2dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_a5f71f25b5920b972024-09-25 · +7dVerified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 138d gap

Oregon State AGbd_037b740703cc53a92024-10-14 · +26dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_458d28462f88563a2024-06-07 · +103dVerified by operator
Pressmoneymessagebd_786bf99648a8abf32024-05-03 · +138dCandidate

Name: Insurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc
norm: insurance agency marketing
Domain: iamsinc.com

Name: Insurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc
norm: insurance agency marketing
Domain: iamsinc.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2024 – May 3, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate, and determine the scope of the incident
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Launched an investigation
Assessed the security of its systems
Offering identity theft protection services through CyEx
Changes made: Took actions to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future, including security enhancements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

PressMay 3 · first

Indiana State AG+35d

Montana State AG+138d

Washington State AG+138d

California State AG+138d · this page

Wisconsin State AG+140d

Massachusetts State AG+145d

Oregon State AG+164d

Pattern: first filing May 3, last Oct 14 (OR) — a 164-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-592073
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 18, 2024
Raw hash: dd7e94ba94589993db84ac2929f39bcb24fbfd2fc640e9a3499db2ba475f9c6b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityInsurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc

Victim entityInsurance Agency Marketing Services, Inc

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to remediate, further investigate, and determine the scope of the incident

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov