HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

BMB Associates, Inc.

bd_6b2cdea1d29d8f02 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 2, 2020

Filed

Sep 15, 2020

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,3183 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BMB Associates, Inc. →

BMB Associates, a financial services entity based in Stockton, CA, reported an external system breach (hacking) on April 2, 2020. The incident affected 2,318 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and financial account numbers (combined with security codes/PINs). The company provided written notification on September 4, 2020, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 2, 2020 → Filed with AG Sep 15, 2020166d ✗ ME AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

Apr 2, 2020

Begins

Apr 2, 2020

Discovered

Sep 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

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

California State AGbd_17ec42e8cf2d9fc62020-09-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5f8ea3952e2a211a2020-09-04 · +11dCandidate

Name: BMB Associates, Inc.
norm: bmb associates
Domain: bmbassociates.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: BMB Associates, Inc.
norm: bmb associates
Domain: bmbassociates.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 2, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,318state + 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 individuals
Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(166 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 166dME resident >60d · 155d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 2, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Sep 15, 2020
166d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Apr 2, 2020
→ Notified: Sep 4, 2020
155d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 2, 2020 → Filed with AG: Sep 15, 2020	166d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Apr 2, 2020 → Notified: Sep 4, 2020	155d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 4 · first

California State AG+11d

Maine State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IN), last Sep 15 (ME) — a 11-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-a1252b4f8318/7a317c92-9c2c-443e-a0ed-08a484054b20.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2020
Raw hash: 4af41931834bb4e9a4bbdc303158a5ae766c11b5afaf2923c49473624edd2de5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBMB Associates, Inc.

Victim entityBMB Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2020

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov