HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

BARD ASSOCIATES LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 10, 2022

Filed

Jan 28, 2022

To disclose

18 days

Affected · nationwide

1751 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BARD ASSOCIATES LLC →

Bard Associates, Inc., a financial services firm, reported an unauthorized access to company email accounts occurring between July 8, 2021, and January 10, 2022. The breach affected 175 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. Acquired data included names, personal identifiers, and financial account numbers (including credit/debit card numbers with security codes/PINs). The company provided 24 months of credit monitoring, cyber scanning, and ID theft recovery services to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 10, 2022 → Filed with AG Jan 28, 202218d ✓ ME AG ≤30d18 days 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 · 186 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jul 8, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2022

Discovered

Jan 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_3a58e5a474ae4a0d2022-01-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_67fbdf5c0d2be2572022-01-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_0ad5d22fedce85b32022-01-25 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_c54b05b6901994f72022-01-21 · +7dVerified

Name: BARD ASSOCIATES LLC
norm: bard associates
Industry: Financial Services

Name: BARD ASSOCIATES LLC
norm: bard associates
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 8, 2021 – Jan 10, 2022
Undetected for: 186 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 175state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 24 months of triple credit bureau monitoring and CyberScan monitoring
Offered a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offered fully managed ID theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 18d
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 10, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jan 28, 2022
18d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 10, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jan 28, 2022	18d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 21 · first

Maine State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Maine State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 21 (IN), last Jan 28 (ME) — a 7-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/cb668969-fbe6-42dd-a832-16d44781808f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2022
Raw hash: e0f372cdc2a8b62697684fdf6577c12ece26ee37a35c67fc5383151b036c6513

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBARD ASSOCIATES LLC

Victim entityBARD ASSOCIATES LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov