HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthenticationMediumContained

Gale Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 12, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Gale Associates, Inc. →

Gale Associates, a financial services provider, disclosed a data breach involving unauthorized access to its systems via compromised user credentials. The incident affected Vermont residents, exposing government-issued IDs, personal information, financial account numbers, and authentication secrets. Gale engaged forensic investigators, enhanced security controls, and offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection to affected individuals for 1-2 years. The investigation is ongoing.

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Breach window unknown

Sep 12, 2025

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_19173f0972c04e4c2025-09-12Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_68713b35b2c56cf12025-09-12Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d2f187b64f0cd8442025-09-12Verified

Name: Gale Associates, Inc.
norm: gale associates

Name: Gale Associates, Inc.
norm: gale associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountAuthentication
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Vermont Attorney General's Office
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged 6dMP]^NZ`_ to assist with the investigation
Engaged a forensic computer forensics firm
Offered 2 years of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian
Offered 2 years of complimentary identity theft protection through Experian
Offered 1 year of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax
Offered 1 year of complimentary identity theft protection through Equifax
Offered 1 year of complimentary credit monitoring through TransUnion
Offered 1 year of complimentary identity theft protection through TransUnion
Provided free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Notified the Vermont Attorney General's Office
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Enhanced security controls
Improved monitoring of systems
Conducted a comprehensive security assessment
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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGSep 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 12 · first

Vermont State AGSep 12 · first · this page

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Leak-site claim

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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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-09-12-gale-associates-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 12, 2025
Raw hash: a153a6b41c3f54a65543fb059428dc05d6225e4543d60c01fddc442ab1403bbc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGale Associates, Inc.

Victim entityGale Associates, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEngaged 6dMP]^NZ`_ to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov