Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Erb & Young Insurance Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 9, 2025

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Erb & Young Insurance Inc →2 incidents on file

Erb & Young Insurance, Inc. notified the Maryland Attorney General of a security incident involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts between January 7 and January 9, 2025. The breach exposed the names and driver's license numbers of two Maryland residents. Notifications were sent on March 30, 2025, offering one year of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

Jan 7, 2025

Begins

Jan 9, 2025

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Jonathan R. Knight
norm: jonathan r knight

Name: Erb & Young Insurance Inc
norm: erb young insurance
Industry: financial_services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 7, 2025 – Jan 9, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 30, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Attorney General's Office
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took measures to secure the email accounts
Began an investigation
Sent notifications via U.S. First-Class mail to the two Maryland residents
Offering notice recipients one year of complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Equifax
Established a toll-free call center to answer any questions notified individuals may have
Changes made: Taken steps to enhance its existing security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376758.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2026
Raw hash: 588d98b7f644cda58bbf559f823e41623201579f49f07f5b2dc624fb236c4a80

Reporting entityJonathan R. Knight

Victim entityErb & Young Insurance Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2025

Stated responseTook measures to secure the email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov