Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingBECData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

ELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.

bd_cd44060793b2c14d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 24, 2022

Filed

Aug 29, 2022

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,5826 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for ELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C. →2 incidents on file

Ellington Management Group, LLC reported a phishing and business email compromise incident on February 18, 2022, discovered on February 24, 2022. The breach affected 2,582 individuals, including 6 Maine residents. Perpetrators acquired names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian IdentityWorks to affected individuals.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 24, 2022 → Filed with AG Aug 29, 2022186d ✗ ME AG >90d27 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 · 6 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 186 days

Feb 18, 2022

Begins

Feb 24, 2022

Discovered

Aug 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3517ddbfe78c82c82022-08-29Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_c0239d7736dd98702022-08-29Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ccc66020504c4d712022-08-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1fdbdd982bf09d3f2022-09-01 · +3dVerified

Name: ELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.
norm: ellington management

Name: ELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.
norm: ellington management
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2022
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,582state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks (credit report, credit monitoring, identity restoration, and $1 million theft insurance)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(186 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 186dME resident >60d · 186d
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 24, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Aug 29, 2022
186d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 24, 2022
→ Notified: Aug 29, 2022
186d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2022 → Filed with AG: Aug 29, 2022	186d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 24, 2022 → Notified: Aug 29, 2022	186d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGAug 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 29 · first

Indiana State AGAug 29 · first

Maine State AGAug 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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-a1252b4f8318/1635c23d-5950-4818-bf9e-553f86af1e2b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2022
Raw hash: 0eaa4d29e82627ba703756a877ffdab064615e2ad4021dc14656df208ab90f5b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.

Victim entityELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP, L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov