HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)HighContained

PDCM Insurance

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 28, 2025

Filed

Sep 29, 2026

To disclose

17 months

Affected

1,085state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for PDCM Insurance →2 incidents on file

Martin Brothers Distributing Company, Inc. reported a data event involving its third-party benefits administrator, PDCM Insurance. Unauthorized access occurred between April 27-28, 2025, affecting approximately 1,085 Iowa residents. Compromised data included names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, and medical/financial info. PDCM notified law enforcement, investigated, and provided five years of credit monitoring. Martin Bros. filed this notice with the Iowa AG on September 29, 2026.

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Iowa clock✗ IA AG >5 bday17 months 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 17 months / 519 days

Apr 27, 2025

Begins

Apr 28, 2025

Discovered

Sep 29, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+66 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Texas State AGbd_33db7ab9c14628eb2026-09-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b9fae3c2546841f42026-09-29Verified
Vermont State AGbd_f1c20e7c7f37a49c2026-09-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_45b5b038d37be1402026-09-01 · +28dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 57d gap

Indiana State AGbd_a9d8baf22c0228232026-08-03 · +57dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_c616afb8877dcc902026-08-03 · +57dCandidate

Name: Martin Brothers Distributing Company Inc
norm: martin brothers distributing

Name: PDCM Insurance
norm: pdcm insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 28, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 27, 2025 – Apr 28, 2025
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 3, 2026
Affected individuals: 1,085state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via PDCM Insurance
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of PDCM systems
Identified potentially affected data owner clients and individuals
Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Provided five years of access to complimentary credit monitoring services
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewed relevant policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 months(519 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG >5 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 3 · first

Iowa State AGAug 3 · first

Massachusetts State AG+29d

Texas State AG+57d

New Hampshire State AG+57d

Vermont State AG+57d

Iowa State AG+57d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 3 (IN), last Sep 29 (IA) — a 57-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.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/9292026_Martin_Brothers_Distributin_1693F46D85691.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 29, 2026
Raw hash: 4ca0a8d6df22f8e88701df0078065e91b33b978d0fec4997f12a8b187c898ad0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMartin Brothers Distributing Company Inc

Victim entityPDCM Insurance

Incidentdiscovered Apr 28, 2025

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceIA AG >5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov