HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Flores & Associates, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 23, 2024

Filed

Jul 29, 2024

To disclose

6 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Flores & Associates, LLC →

Flores & Associates, LLC notified Vermont consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to personal information. Affected data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The company offered 12 months of credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday6 days discovery → filing

⚠ notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 days

Jul 23, 2024

Discovered

Jul 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

18 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_0bafb8d93b88c4292024-07-29Verified

Name: Flores & Associates, LLC
norm: flores associates

Name: Flores & Associates, LLC
norm: flores associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 23, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 23, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG ≤14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: notification dateThe stored discovery date equals the NOTIFICATION date, collapsing the clock to ~zero. This UNDERSTATES the delay and can mask a real violation.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 29 · first

Vermont State AGJul 29 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-29-flores-associates-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2024
Raw hash: 5820ff54ad4fa04f3583d080ad5d1fff497d04a8eb6aba29b4c64998e973f15b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFlores & Associates, LLC

Victim entityFlores & Associates, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 23, 2024

Stated responseOffering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov