MalwareTelecom & MediaFinancial ServicesInformationRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDPIICriticalContained

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 17, 2024

Filed

Oct 3, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

237,70322 in this filing

Linked

42 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Financial Business and Consumer Solutions →5 incidents on file

Comcast Cable Communications LLC issued a supplemental notice regarding a ransomware incident at third-party vendor Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Inc. (FBCS). Unauthorized access occurred Feb 14-26, 2024, resulting in data exfiltration and encryption. FBCS discovered the breach on July 17, 2024. Affected data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and Comcast account numbers. 237,703 individuals affected; 22 in Maine. Comcast is providing 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 17, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 3, 202478d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 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 · 154 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Feb 14, 2024

Begins

Jul 17, 2024

Discovered

Oct 3, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 42 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_64ebabde5b434bad2024-09-26 · +7dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_93b92f648e6f13672024-09-26 · +7dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_f4a1b0c8055061e42024-11-27 · +55dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a0e0de982097adb92024-07-23 · +72dVerified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_b1a53ba54e669a4b2024-07-23 · +72dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_ce0e031ee781c8692024-07-23 · +72dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_5850790346d7c4012024-07-19 · +76dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a82b0808fbf4e1dd2024-07-19 · +76dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eb91a12e88bc4cde2024-07-19 · +76dVerified
Maine State AGbd_3d8a919922f559662024-07-17 · +78dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 41 linked disclosures.

Name: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
norm: comcast cable communications

Name: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions
norm: financial business and consumer
Domain: fbcs-inc.com
Industry: Telecom & MediallmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 14, 2024 – Feb 26, 2024
Undetected for: 154 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 237,703state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Maine Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Offering complimentary identity theft protection services for at least 12 months through membership in CyEx Identity Defense Complete
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 78d
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 17, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 3, 2024
78d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 17, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 3, 2024	78d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGJul 17 · first

California State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Maine State AG+6d

California State AG+6d

Vermont State AG+71d

Maine State AG+71d

Maine State AG+78d · this page

California State AG+133d

Pattern: first filing Jul 17 (ME), last Nov 27 (CA) — a 133-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 41 — the full spread may be wider.

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/aff9fd91-81e8-4d95-a84e-c56f1d48f088.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2024
Raw hash: d5b02c621cf642bcca8ee06cfef35e97091ba2f22c5aa6de5f210daa3d231b94

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Victim entityFinancial Business and Consumer Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov