HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Gateway Financial Solutions

bd_5336888aebb18a63 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2020

Filed

Oct 27, 2021

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gateway Financial Solutions →

Gateway Financial Solutions notified Montana residents of unauthorized network access occurring between Nov 12 and Dec 6, 2020. The incident involved the removal of personal information including SSNs and driver's license numbers. The company engaged outside cybersecurity professionals for investigation and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 325 days

Nov 12, 2020

Begins

Dec 6, 2020

Discovered

Oct 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+38 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6bc5693d832aa6462021-10-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_75b14fe7471c5a252021-10-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0ae98112c550e0872021-11-01 · +5dVerified

Name: Gateway Financial Solutions
norm: gateway financial

Name: Gateway Financial Solutions
norm: gateway financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 6, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2020 – Dec 6, 2020
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(325 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGOct 27 · first

Indiana State AGOct 27 · first

Montana State AGOct 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Oct 27 (ME), last Nov 1 (NH) — a 5-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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-35.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2021
Raw hash: 969047e3c2fe6a38efc2ce5cdd39c19a79aa5b944ba286d6c04cbad09631bd75

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGateway Financial Solutions

Victim entityGateway Financial Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov