Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

SOUTHWEST STAGE FUNDING, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 9, 2024

Filed

Jan 16, 2025

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5,5643 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for SOUTHWEST STAGE FUNDING, LLC →

Cascade Financial Services (dba Southwest Stage Funding, LLC) reported a data breach affecting 5,564 individuals. Between July 8-9, 2024, an unknown actor accessed and downloaded employee email accounts, likely via phishing. The investigation confirmed that personal information including names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers were contained in the affected emails. Notices were sent on January 16, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 9, 2024 → Filed with AG Jan 16, 2025191d ✗ ME AG >90d27 weeks 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 · 27 weeks / 191 days

Jul 8, 2024

Begins

Jul 9, 2024

Discovered

Jan 16, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_0fb1813382e0f2a72025-01-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_23f82d1097f768b22025-01-16Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin
Industry: Legal Services

Name: SOUTHWEST STAGE FUNDING, LLC
norm: southwest stage funding
Industry: Financial Services
Also named: Southwest Stage Funding, LLCdba oflegal entity
Cascade Financial Servicesdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 9, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 8, 2024 – Jul 9, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 16, 2025
Affected individuals: 5,564state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email tenant
Initiated an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Engaged a data review vendor to conduct a comprehensive and time-intensive review of the contents of the affected email accounts
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through IDX, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(191 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 191dME resident >60d · 191d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 9, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jan 16, 2025
191d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jul 9, 2024
→ Notified: Jan 16, 2025
191d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 9, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jan 16, 2025	191d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jul 9, 2024 → Notified: Jan 16, 2025	191d	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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Nebraska State AGJan 16 · first

Indiana State AGJan 16 · first

Maine State AGJan 16 · first · this page

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-a1252b4f8318/3835d848-28ef-46f6-9e99-6a5f110cfb18.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 16, 2025
Raw hash: 7ceca302431fef2af488a664548d960e36f5a69c820176b958f84115005bb7aa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entitySOUTHWEST STAGE FUNDING, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 9, 2024

Stated responseSecured the email tenant

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov