HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

CMS Companies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 4, 2022

Filed

Feb 4, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,2843 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CMS Companies →

CMS Companies, a financial services provider based in Wynnewood, PA, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between July 17 and July 20, 2021. The incident was discovered on January 4, 2022, affecting 2,284 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The breach compromised names and financial account numbers (including credit/debit card numbers with security codes/PINs). CMS Companies sent written notifications on February 4, 2022, and provided 24 months of identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 4, 2022 → Filed with AG Feb 4, 202231d ⏱ ME AG >30d4 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 · 171 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jul 17, 2021

Begins

Jan 4, 2022

Discovered

Feb 4, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_726c56ad0c3535392022-02-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a4067425fe79fa9c2022-02-22 · +18dVerified

Name: CMS Companies
norm: cms companies
Domain: cmsco.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: CMS Companies
norm: cms companies
Domain: cmsco.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 4, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 17, 2021 – Jul 20, 2021
Undetected for: 171 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 4, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,284state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 31d
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: Jan 4, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Feb 4, 2022
31d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 4, 2022 → Filed with AG: Feb 4, 2022	31d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGFeb 4 · first

Maine State AGFeb 4 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+18d

Pattern: first filing Feb 4 (IN), last Feb 22 (NH) — a 18-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-a1252b4f8318/23510209-501a-40b4-b828-7b876a3ef4d3.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 4, 2022
Raw hash: 51fc196b0d6f9068ce7a8e5e06a765c4f437297446e7f34d0607647c12747c35

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCMS Companies

Victim entityCMS Companies

Incidentdiscovered Jan 4, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov