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Gateway Financial Solutions

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2021

Filed

Oct 27, 2021

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

53,8015 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gateway Financial Solutions →

Gateway Financial Solutions experienced an external system breach that occurred between November 12, 2020, and December 6, 2020. The breach was discovered on September 27, 2021, and affected 53,801 individuals. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes or PINs. The company began notifying affected individuals on October 27, 2021, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 27, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 27, 202130d ✓ 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 · 319 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 12, 2020

Begins

Sep 27, 2021

Discovered

Oct 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_5336888aebb18a632021-10-27Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_75b14fe7471c5a252021-10-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0ae98112c550e0872021-11-01 · +5dVerified

Name: Gateway Financial Solutions
norm: gateway financial

Name: Gateway Financial Solutions
norm: gateway financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2020 – Dec 6, 2020
Undetected for: 319 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 27, 2021
Affected individuals: 53,801state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected consumers
Offered complimentary credit monitoring for 12 months if SSN impacted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 30d
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: Sep 27, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Oct 27, 2021
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 27, 2021 → Filed with AG: Oct 27, 2021	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGOct 27 · first

Indiana State AGOct 27 · first

Maine State AGOct 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Oct 27 (MT), last Nov 1 (NH) — a 5-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/f4987194-dd74-4a1c-83f3-bcd8fb031cd2.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 27, 2021
Raw hash: 223e8fb123051478d7e066dc217edffe4c370ea8d178fc4dcba19f268a8ff75c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGateway Financial Solutions

Victim entityGateway Financial Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2021

Stated responseSent written notification to affected consumers

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov