HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 15, 2025

Filed

Mar 31, 2025

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

50state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC →

Northwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC notified South Carolina regulators of a data breach occurring on or around August 31, 2024. An unauthorized individual acquired personal information including names, dates of birth, and Social Security Numbers. The incident was confirmed on January 15, 2025. The company engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 137 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Aug 31, 2024

Begins

Jan 15, 2025

Discovered

Mar 31, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 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_77c6b14202068b332025-02-28 · +31dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_aab1333d9a5254d22025-02-28 · +31dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_d2b761f23d6ea5772025-02-28 · +31dVerified

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: Jan 15, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 31, 2024
Undetected for: 137 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 28, 2025
Affected individuals: 50state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
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
Secured systems
Enhanced the security of the network
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for a period of twelve (12) months
Changes made: Enhanced the security of the network to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 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

Montana State AGFeb 28 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 28 · first

South Carolina State AG+31d · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/NorthwestRetirementPlanConsultantsLLC.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 31, 2025
Raw hash: 7f533642527d994c3616b0227f84ce3cd3d9995867228289f964d59665c3d35c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC

Victim entityNorthwest Retirement Plan Consultants, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2025

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 provenanceconsumer.sc.gov