HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

FCS Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 16, 2021

Filed

Nov 15, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

31state residents only

Linked

4 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for FCS Financial →

FCS Financial notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unknown third party acquired personal information from its systems. The breach involved names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial data. FCS engaged forensic investigators, restored systems, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d22 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

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Jun 16, 2021

Discovered

Nov 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

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

A leak claim by pysa about this victim was first seen 67 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitepysabd_5a82980613d998ca2021-09-09 · +67dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_cda49b62762c62042021-11-15Verified
Illinois State AGbd_e00a6a3eb017c8032021-01-01 · +318dVerified by operator

Name: FCS Financial
norm: fcs financial

Name: FCS Financial
norm: fcs financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 16, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 31state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted the proper authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Restored the affected systems
Conducted an initial investigation into how the incident occurred
Contacted the proper authorities
Engaged a leading forensic security firm to investigate the incident and confirm the security of our systems
Offering you a complimentary two-year membership to Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Implemented additional technical controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+318d

Montana State AG+318d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 15 (MT) — a 318-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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-90.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2021
Raw hash: 3f35c147072ecf363b7ab301895c707a21dcec496ef5dabe003b87fe3f23f3d8

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFCS Financial

Victim entityFCS Financial

Incidentdiscovered Jun 16, 2021

Stated responseRestored the affected systems

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov