Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Nowlin & Associates

bd_9e53588c51978453 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 21, 2022

Filed

Jan 19, 2023

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nowlin & Associates →

Nowlin & Associates notified Montana residents of a security incident involving unauthorized access to an employee email account between September 7 and 21, 2022. The breach was discovered on September 21, 2022. Personal information of clients was potentially exposed. Nowlin secured the account, engaged third-party investigators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Sep 7, 2022

Begins

Sep 21, 2022

Discovered

Jan 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3fb4864043cea5f02023-01-19Verified

Name: Nowlin & Associates
norm: nowlin associates

Name: Nowlin & Associates
norm: nowlin associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 21, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2022 – Sep 21, 2022
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Began working with third-party specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Undertook an in-depth, lengthy, and labor-intensive process to identify whether sensitive information may have been contained in the email account
Offering 12 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services
Changes made: Undertaking a review of our existing policies, procedures, and training programs
Looking into implementing additional safeguards to further secure the information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJan 19 · first

Montana State AGJan 19 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-40.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2023
Raw hash: c1583fdbef7e154c771b7bd104ed400fa68ed4241b9dca769f89068543bafb2a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNowlin & Associates

Victim entityNowlin & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Sep 21, 2022

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov