HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 28, 2025

Filed

Sep 12, 2025

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected · nationwide

7032 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, LLC →3 incidents on file

Lincoln Investment Planning, LLC reported an external system breach (hacking) on July 25, 2025, discovered on July 28, 2025. The incident compromised client data including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account information, affecting 703 individuals total (2 in Maine). Lincoln notified federal law enforcement, provided 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX, and issued written notices to affected individuals on September 12, 2025.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 28, 2025 → Filed with AG Sep 12, 202546d ⏱ ME AG >30d7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Jul 25, 2025

Begins

Jul 28, 2025

Discovered

Sep 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_52ea1672803304732025-09-12Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ae94934c7c4f144c2025-09-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_b000a7069a5c6aa62025-09-12Candidate

Name: LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, LLC
norm: lincoln investment planning
Domain: lincolninvestment.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: LINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, LLC
norm: lincoln investment planning
Domain: lincolninvestment.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 28, 2025
Breach occurred: Jul 25, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 703state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProvided written notice to relevant state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the event
Assessed the security of Lincoln Investment systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months through IDX
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice to relevant state regulators
Notified the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 46d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 28, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Sep 12, 2025
46d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 28, 2025 → Filed with AG: Sep 12, 2025	46d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 12 · first

Montana State AGSep 12 · first

Maine State AGSep 12 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/930d4a86-90d6-4b6f-8a4f-422231a45a5d.html
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: 9dbb0144f398612e706d50c1e54894c54d9ddb6d69efb80665f1ac1770291a27

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, LLC

Victim entityLINCOLN INVESTMENT PLANNING, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 28, 2025

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the event

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov