HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC

bd_aab1333d9a5254d2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 31, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC →

Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unauthorized individual acquired personal information (names) on or around August 31, 2024. The company engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Aug 31, 2024

Begins

Aug 31, 2024

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_77c6b14202068b332025-02-28Candidate
Maryland State AGbd_d2b761f23d6ea5772025-02-28Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_b491e1fefea033392025-03-31 · +31dVerified by operator

Name: Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC
norm: northwest retirement plan consultants

Name: Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC
norm: northwest retirement plan consultants
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 31, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 31, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to contain the incident and assist with understanding the nature and scope of the disruption
Took steps to secure our systems and to further enhance the security of our network
Arranged for you to enroll, at no cost to you, in an online credit monitoring and identity protection services for a period of twelve (12) months
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our network to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
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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Washington State AGFeb 28 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 28 · first

Montana State AGFeb 28 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Feb 28 (WA), last Mar 31 (SC) — a 31-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-79.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: 45fb3e2a0c076a27b6f1e3a942629052cfd6d2896fdb33dd8874425980d06a68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC

Victim entityNorthwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to contain the incident and assist with understanding the nature and scope of the disruption

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov