HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)HighContained

Alera Group, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

Jul 29, 2025

To disclose

52 weeks

Affected

8,014state residents only

Linked

22 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Alera Group, Inc. →5 incidents on file

Alera Group, Inc. notified Iowa AG of unauthorized access to its network occurring July 19–Aug 4, 2024. First detected in August 2024. Personal info including SSN, driver's license, financial accounts, and health/medical data was potentially exfiltrated. 8,014 Iowa residents notified on July 29, 2025. Response included forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, and 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday52 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 · 13 days

discovery → filing · 52 weeks / 362 days

Jul 19, 2024

Begins

Aug 1, 2024

Discovered

Apr 28, 2025

Scope determined

Jul 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+43 wks slower

This filing is one of 22 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_28c8bb02f28d31ba2025-07-29Verified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_e7ea8ca0d160b7f92025-07-30 · +1dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_211c3690998ad21f2025-08-01 · +3dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_016815a015cf2e472025-08-28 · +30dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_1ed3f272d914f3412025-08-28 · +30dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_8d2d836fa9ea10942025-09-05 · +38dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_d9430cde35cab8392025-09-05 · +38dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_10f7ee090a4dd3582025-09-29 · +62dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_d147a40a2e2867292025-10-24 · +87dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_e9293f27dfff89402025-12-18 · +142dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 21 linked disclosures.

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Alera Group, Inc.
norm: alera group
Domain: aleragroup.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 19, 2024 – Aug 4, 2024
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 28, 2025
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 8,014state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified relevant state regulators, as necessarynotified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at the direction of certain clientsnotified the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation
Reviewed the data that may be involved
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Implemented additional security measures and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for two (2) years, through IDX
Completed a thorough and comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures and training to its employees
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect our environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 52 weeks(362 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
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 · 11 filings · 8 states

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Montana State AGJul 29 · first

Iowa State AGJul 29 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

Illinois State AG+3d

Maine State AG+30d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

Maine State AG+38d

New Hampshire State AG+38d

Maine State AG+62d

Texas State AG+87d

Oregon State AG+142d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (MT), last Dec 18 (OR) — a 142-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 21 — 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.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/7292025_Alera_Group_Inc_0944D4985B8BD.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2025
Raw hash: 1b05b6b0f2fa6fc62ca703e17f2b97dcb57cd6bfe8efd9161db6b9d32fc5e0fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAlera Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2024

Stated responseBegan an investigation

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov