HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Gershman Investment Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 13, 2022

Filed

May 13, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected · nationwide

52,7375 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gershman Investment Corp →2 incidents on file

Gershman Investment Corp. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on 09/17/2021, discovered on 04/13/2022. The incident affected 52,737 individuals nationwide, including 5 Maine residents. Compromised data included names/personal identifiers combined with financial account or credit/debit card numbers. The company provided written notification and offered 12 months of identity theft protection and credit monitoring via Epiq.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 13, 2022 → Filed with AG May 13, 202230d ✓ 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 · 208 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Sep 17, 2021

Begins

Apr 13, 2022

Discovered

May 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

Indiana State AGbd_04c3af035b35aece2022-05-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1bbb0dec969aa1fc2022-05-13Verified
Montana State AGbd_4d082a0df049eb372022-05-13Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_d6351d653f0b742d2022-05-17 · +4dVerified

Name: Gershman Investment Corp
norm: gershman investment

Name: Gershman Investment Corp
norm: gershman investment
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 17, 2021
Undetected for: 208 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 13, 2022
Affected individuals: 52,737state + 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 notification 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 and credit monitoring services through Epiq
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: Apr 13, 2022
→ Filed with AG: May 13, 2022
30d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 13, 2022 → Filed with AG: May 13, 2022	30d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 13 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 13 · first

Montana State AGMay 13 · first

Maine State AGMay 13 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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-a1252b4f8318/5b6055d7-c37d-440b-9b2b-9557a8d20b51.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 13, 2022
Raw hash: db167bde40a8c82e6d68f7b7b670527f46cf8587e743ba723003428b0f12c83f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGershman Investment Corp

Victim entityGershman Investment Corp

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov