HackingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDCritical

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 26, 2024

Filed

May 29, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,226,6317,535 in this filing

Linked

42 filings

Confidence

50%

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

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 7,535 Maine residents. The breach, an external system hacking incident, occurred on February 14, 2024, and was discovered on February 26, 2024. The compromised information includes names and driver's license or non-driver identification card numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on April 26, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Cyex.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 26, 2024 → Filed with AG May 29, 202493d ✗ ME AG >90d13 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 · 12 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 93 days

Feb 14, 2024

Begins

Feb 26, 2024

Discovered

May 29, 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

California State AGbd_5850790346d7c4012024-07-19 · +51dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a82b0808fbf4e1dd2024-07-19 · +51dVerified
Maine State AGbd_eb91a12e88bc4cde2024-07-19 · +51dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a0e0de982097adb92024-07-23 · +55dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 182d gap

Maine State AGbd_b1a53ba54e669a4b2024-07-23 · +55dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_ce0e031ee781c8692024-07-23 · +55dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_64ebabde5b434bad2024-09-26 · +120dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_93b92f648e6f13672024-09-26 · +120dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_bb4797a206b89eab2024-10-03 · +127dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_f4a1b0c8055061e42024-11-27 · +182dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 41 linked disclosures.

Name: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions
norm: financial business and consumer
Domain: fbcs-inc.com

Name: Financial Business and Consumer Solutions
norm: financial business and consumer
Domain: fbcs-inc.com

Discovered: Feb 26, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 14, 2024
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2024
Affected individuals: 3,226,631state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of Credit Monitoring through Cyex
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(93 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 93dME CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 26, 2024
→ Filed with AG: May 29, 2024
93d 90 days ME AG >90d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 26, 2024 → Filed with AG: May 29, 2024	93d	90 days	ME AG >90d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGMay 29 · first · this page

California State AG+51d

New Hampshire State AG+51d

Maine State AG+51d

New Hampshire State AG+55d

Maine State AG+55d

California State AG+55d

Vermont State AG+120d

Maine State AG+120d

Maine State AG+127d

California State AG+182d

Pattern: first filing May 29 (ME), last Nov 27 (CA) — a 182-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-a1252b4f8318/831407a3-f5cb-4531-968f-8b507ee993dd.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 29, 2024
Raw hash: 0c02cf98809a46b1a1fbff1da278e2c9bfa9b2c847d9adde875a0b016ca7ca79

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFinancial Business and Consumer Solutions

Victim entityFinancial Business and Consumer Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2024

Stated responseOffered 12 months of Credit Monitoring through Cyex

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov