HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Nowlin & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 4, 2023

Filed

Jan 19, 2023

To disclose

15 days

Affected · nationwide

4691 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Nowlin & Associates →

Nowlin & Associates, a financial services firm, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on September 7, 2022, discovered on January 4, 2023. The incident affected 469 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Compromised data included names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notice and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 4, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 19, 202315d ✓ ME AG ≤30d15 days 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 · 119 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Sep 7, 2022

Begins

Jan 4, 2023

Discovered

Jan 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_9e53588c519784532023-01-19Candidate

Name: Nowlin & Associates
norm: nowlin associates

Name: Nowlin & Associates
norm: nowlin associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2022
Undetected for: 119 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 469state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 15d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 4, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jan 19, 2023
15d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 4, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jan 19, 2023	15d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AGJan 19 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/26c1dd97-09e8-4ad8-9ddf-1f9402372d2f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2023
Raw hash: 103d5dd83ccc784c0f4bed5158d042b47d0ecbb2b27bbc4060ae61da3352bc12

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNowlin & Associates

Victim entityNowlin & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jan 4, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov