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Paladin Advisors

bd_bbe4e1b08cdcddb4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2021

Filed

Oct 27, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3008 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Paladin Advisors →

Paladin Advisors, a financial services firm based in Kensington, NH, reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on August 20, 2021, discovered on August 22, 2021. The incident affected 300 individuals total, including 8 Maine residents. Acquired data included names combined with driver's license numbers. The firm provided written notification on October 14, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 22, 2021 → Filed with AG Oct 27, 202166d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Aug 20, 2021

Begins

Aug 22, 2021

Discovered

Oct 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 27 · first
Maine State AGOct 27 · first · this page

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.