HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Central McGowan (centralmcgowan.com)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2025

Filed

Jul 1, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Central McGowan (centralmcgowan.com) →

Central McGowan, Inc. notified Nebraska residents of a data breach occurring between January 8-10, 2025, discovered on January 11, 2025. Unauthorized actors accessed systems, copying names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, passport numbers, financial account info, electronic signatures, and health insurance data. Approximately 2 Nebraska residents were notified starting July 1, 2025. The company notified federal law enforcement, provided one year of credit monitoring via Epiq, and implemented additional security safeguards.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

Jan 8, 2025

Begins

Jan 11, 2025

Discovered

Jul 1, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by fog about this victim predates this filing by 120 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitefogbd_3e0c6e9ad6bc9b852025-03-03 · +120dCandidate

Name: Central McGowan (centralmcgowan.com)
norm: central mcgowan centralmcgowancom
Domain: centralmcgowan.com

Name: Central McGowan (centralmcgowan.com)
norm: central mcgowan centralmcgowancom
Domain: centralmcgowan.com

Discovered: Jan 11, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 8, 2025 – Jan 10, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 1, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one year through Epiq to all employees, at no cost to these individuals
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Provided written notice of this incident to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies and dedicating significant resources to implement additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/ae14137d-1a42-4145-9cd4-c8461f0c90d1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2025
Raw hash: fa4dd4107b9568bb6985b0dc9565d36325240aa75f461b43248127377454872f

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityCentral McGowan (centralmcgowan.com)

Victim entityCentral McGowan (centralmcgowan.com)

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2025

Stated responseNotified federal law enforcement regarding the event

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov