MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

First Financial Security

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 17, 2023

Filed

Jan 22, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for First Financial Security →

First Financial Security, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on October 17, 2023. The attack was discovered on the same day. A limited amount of system data was exposed, including full names, personal information, and social security numbers of life insurance agents and customers. The company engaged IDX for identity monitoring services and enhanced its security systems.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 17, 2023 → Notified Jan 19, 202494d ✗ CA 60-day late14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Oct 17, 2023

Begins

Oct 17, 2023

Discovered

Jan 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by ransomhouse about this victim predates this filing by 95 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_07e779fa3c454dd32024-01-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_be68a4e3fb13fb6a2024-01-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_26bec3675d7747c02024-01-23 · +1dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_376c075094fa399a2024-01-23 · +1dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_d5e7a15eb37ead792024-01-23 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e247aee4a995db932024-01-23 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_4d924f83378dd3732024-01-19 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c0dc65dca43d10ba2024-01-19 · +3dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_fdcfb106d48342b82024-02-01 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dc6f4463bca2e3692024-02-02 · +11dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: First Financial Security
norm: first financial security
Domain: firstfinancialsecurity.com

Name: First Financial Security
norm: first financial security
Domain: firstfinancialsecurity.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Conducted an investigation to understand what had taken place and how
Continue to monitor our systems for further signs of activity or compromises
Taken steps to review and enhance the security of our systems
Provided resources to help protect against potential misuse of your personal information
Secured the services of IDX, A ZeroFox Company and data breach and recovery services expert, to provide call center services and to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you
Changes made: Taken steps to review and enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 94dLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Oct 17, 2023
→ Notified: Jan 19, 2024
94d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 17, 2023 → Notified: Jan 19, 2024	94d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGJan 19 · first

Indiana State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

California State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+4d

Montana State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (CA), last Feb 2 (MA) — a 14-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 12 — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-579693
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 22, 2024
Raw hash: 8eedf6ee6be8bd9a0859b9c3eff4777e54ff035df6409c0d0af1f98f6c88d76c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Financial Security

Victim entityFirst Financial Security

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2023

Stated responseConducted an investigation to understand what had taken place and how

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov