HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

Populus Financial Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2023

Filed

May 23, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected · nationwide

51,8581 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Populus Financial Group, Inc. →

Alvaria, Inc., a third-party service provider for Populus Financial Group, Inc., reported a data breach that occurred in March 2023. An external system breach (hacking) resulted in the compromise of financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding security codes. One Maine resident was affected. Alvaria offered 24 months of credit monitoring and fraud remediation services through Experian IdentityWorks to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Mar 9, 2023 → Filed with AG May 23, 202375d ⏱ ME AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Mar 9, 2023

Begins

Mar 9, 2023

Discovered

May 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a9fa9e830e6961f2023-05-23Verified
Oregon State AGbd_3527443884383bd82023-05-23Candidate
California State AGbd_a4e87f4bc8c1de692023-05-23Verified

Name: ALVARIA, INC.
norm: alvaria
Domain: alvaria.com

Name: Populus Financial Group, Inc.
norm: populus financial
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2023 – Mar 10, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 23, 2023
Affected individuals: 51,858state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 24 months of free credit monitoring and fraud remediation services through Experian IdentityWorks.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 75d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Mar 9, 2023
→ Filed with AG: May 23, 2023
75d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Mar 9, 2023 → Filed with AG: May 23, 2023	75d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 23 · first

Oregon State AGMay 23 · first

California State AGMay 23 · first

Maine State AGMay 23 · 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/8357008c-a94a-405e-a460-0bd00e98886c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2023
Raw hash: 34b22adf626bcab6cc75249a68543e6cd2efddacb23ac774aa43a7a2b9774093

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityALVARIA, INC.

Victim entityPopulus Financial Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2023

Stated responseOffered 24 months of free credit monitoring and fraud remediation services through Experian IdentityWorks.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov