HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

IBW Financial Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 19, 2022

Filed

Dec 23, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

92,62936 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for IBW Financial Corporation →2 incidents on file

IBW Financial Corporation reported a data breach affecting 92,629 individuals, with 36 being residents of Maine. The breach occurred on September 30, 2021, but was not discovered until October 19, 2022. The compromised information includes names and financial account numbers with their associated access codes or PINs. The company provided written notifications to affected individuals on December 23, 2022, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring services through Equifax.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 19, 2022 → Filed with AG Dec 23, 202265d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks 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 · 384 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Sep 30, 2021

Begins

Oct 19, 2022

Discovered

Dec 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_5d2049a057f369a72022-12-23Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_8e65aea96bc2f4f62022-12-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_9832c31cd52561462022-12-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2fd0d40bbe6a77b82023-01-09 · +17dVerified

Name: IBW Financial Corporation
norm: ibw financial

Name: IBW Financial Corporation
norm: ibw financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 19, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 30, 2021
Undetected for: 384 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 92,629state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers.
Changes made: Offered 24 months of credit monitoring services from Equifax.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 65d
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: Oct 19, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Dec 23, 2022
65d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 19, 2022 → Filed with AG: Dec 23, 2022	65d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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California State AGDec 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 23 · first

Montana State AGDec 23 · first

Maine State AGDec 23 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing Dec 23 (CA), last Jan 9 (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/deb31c5b-6ac2-46b4-a0ce-699c06b52d54.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2022
Raw hash: d6d6f1b3ff4c8975e9b9655f82afd99075793a9384318796b469ff202b9be1c3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIBW Financial Corporation

Victim entityIBW Financial Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Oct 19, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov