HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

RBN and Associates, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 15, 2024

Filed

Nov 14, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected · nationwide

10,2053 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RBN and Associates, Inc. →

RBN and Associates, Inc. d/b/a RBN Insurance Services reported an external system breach (hacking) affecting 10,205 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Unauthorized access to an employee email account occurred between Feb 24 and Mar 5, 2024, discovered on May 15, 2024. Exposed data included names, SSNs, DOBs, financial account info, and PHI. RBN engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, disabled web email access, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 15, 2024 → Filed with AG Nov 14, 2024183d ⏱ ME AG >30d26 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 81 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Feb 24, 2024

Begins

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

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_22ab5c7bf830e2972024-11-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_349bbd9f774de3b12024-11-14Candidate
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: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser Moskowitz edelman dicker

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 Servicesllm

Discovered: May 15, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2024 – Mar 5, 2024
Undetected for: 81 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 10,205state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Engaged a third-party data mining vendor to conduct a comprehensive review of the contents of the employee e-mail user account
Offered twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Performed a reset of all passwords across the organization
Disabled web access to email
Updated DMARC records
Verified use of MFA (multi-factor authentication) across systems
Reviewed data retention and data segmentation processes
Developed plans to upgrade active directory
Imposed conditional access requirements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 183dME resident >60d · 183d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 15, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Nov 14, 2024
183d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: May 15, 2024
→ Notified: Nov 14, 2024
183d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 15, 2024 → Filed with AG: Nov 14, 2024	183d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: May 15, 2024 → Notified: Nov 14, 2024	183d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

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

Montana State AG+13d

Maine 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c7afd643-7e8e-4629-8d51-06341eb06c14.html
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: b71f0224b0f35aefd8417ef68ba46b77b193fe2f6cb5cef14902213ce7755b32

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityRBN and Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2024

Stated responseSecured the account

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov