HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

KELLY & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE GROUP, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 17, 2024

Filed

Apr 21, 2025

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

1,192state residents only

Linked

30 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for KELLY & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE GROUP, INC. →3 incidents on file

Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc. (dba Kelly Benefits) notified the Iowa AG of unauthorized access to its environment between Dec 12-17, 2024. Files containing names, SSNs, and financial account info were copied. 1,192 Iowa residents were notified on April 9-21, 2025. FBI was notified; credit monitoring offered.

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Iowa clock✗ IA AG >5 bday18 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Dec 12, 2024

Begins

Dec 17, 2024

Discovered

Apr 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 30 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1d9478df90e43ccc2025-05-30 · +39dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_2c6bb1bf725cb2632025-05-30 · +39dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_4634d1937c2de35f2025-05-30 · +39dVerified by operator
Rhode Island State AGbd_75af98896516c5702025-06-05 · +45dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_021fda7188de0ef42025-06-30 · +70dVerified
California State AGbd_41072bfcc8a1e6bb2025-06-30 · +70dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_48914041e37aa2182025-06-30 · +70dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_84dcd3063c0632922025-06-30 · +70dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_c69f40e6d4217f692025-06-30 · +70dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_abfe5cf4f4535a822025-07-01 · +71dVerified

Showing first 10 of 29 linked disclosures.

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: KELLY & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
norm: kelly associates insurance
Domain: kellybenefits.com
Also named: Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Kelly Benefitsdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 17, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2024 – Dec 17, 2024
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 9, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,192state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationProvided written notice to relevant state and federal regulatorsProvided notice to the Iowa Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the event
Providing access to credit monitoring services through IDX
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Providing written notice of this incident to the three (3) major credit reporting agencies
Changes made: Continue to review its already robust security policies, procedures, and tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG >5 bday
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.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

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Iowa State AGApr 21 · first · this page

Maine State AG+39d

Delaware State AG+39d

California State AG+39d

Rhode Island State AG+45d

Maine State AG+70d

California State AG+70d

Delaware State AG+70d

New Hampshire State AG+70d

Montana State AG+70d

Texas State AG+71d

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (IA), last Jul 1 (TX) — a 71-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 29 — 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.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/4212025_Kelly__Associates_Insurance_E1F8168C8E644.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2025
Raw hash: c16677638f1ff9e11aa11aa7ae689438bd99964af472ca5835228866fefe231b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityKELLY & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 17, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceIA AG >5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov