Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

D&S Insurance Agency, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 26, 2025

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for D&S Insurance Agency, Inc. →3 incidents on file

D&S Insurance Agency, Inc. notified the Maryland Attorney General of a security incident affecting one Maryland resident. Unauthorized access to two employee email accounts occurred between February 21, 2024, and March 14, 2024. The breach exposed personal information including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, financial account data, and health insurance details. D&S engaged forensic investigators, notified the resident on March 24, 2025, and provided 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 371 days

Feb 21, 2024

Begins

Feb 26, 2025

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_07105ba4494caedf2025-03-24 · +395dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: D&S Insurance Agency, Inc.
norm: d s insurance agency
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 21, 2024 – Mar 14, 2024
Undetected for: 371 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 24, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Maryland Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual review
Providing the affected resident with notification of this incident
Providing the affected resident with a complementary 12-month membership of credit monitoring
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGMar 24 · first

Maryland State AG+395d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 24 (CA), last Apr 23 (MD) — a 395-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376755.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2026
Raw hash: 9d8209fd0af930bee1c7764f8f67bee0f47798eaed7a64d060d79d6579193422

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityD&S Insurance Agency, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov