HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

E&M Insurance LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 20, 2024

Filed

Nov 13, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

6state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for E&M Insurance LLC →2 incidents on file

E&M Insurance LLC notified the Maryland Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident affecting approximately 6 Maryland residents. Unauthorized actors accessed corporate email accounts between February 8 and February 20, 2024. The company discovered the compromise on December 17, 2024, revealing that personal information (names, SSNs, driver's licenses) was stored in impacted accounts. E&M Insurance engaged forensic investigators, notified affected residents, and provided one year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

Feb 8, 2024

Begins

Feb 20, 2024

Discovered

Nov 13, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6 affectedView incident

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: E&M Insurance LLC
norm: e m insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 8, 2024 – Feb 20, 2024
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals for forensic investigation
Conducted manual document review
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year membership with credit monitoring service (Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B)
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices to enhance security and privacy of personal information
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-376210.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 13, 2025
Raw hash: b36272f5955d7457d1f77e9daba10be96ff0a8fb24f8d3d96953f1e6cd9e0ab6

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityE&M Insurance LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2024

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals for forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov