HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Constar Financial Services, LLC

bd_d4bd802f24cc40d0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 22, 2024

Filed

Sep 27, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

8,57819 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Constar Financial Services, LLC →2 incidents on file

Constar Financial Services notified Maine AG of a breach involving its partner, Empereon Marketing. Unauthorized access occurred on June 30, 2024, discovered July 22, 2024. 8,578 individuals affected, including 19 Maine residents. Data included names and government identifiers. Notification sent Sept 27, 2024. Credit monitoring offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jul 22, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 27, 202467d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 22 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Jun 30, 2024

Begins

Jul 22, 2024

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_53ad2776970efdd62024-09-27Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_89bae39d6e7498f82024-09-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c922d491a63096342024-09-27Verified

Name: Empereon Marketing
norm: empereon marketing
Domain: empereon.com
Industry: Marketing Services

Name: Constar Financial Services, LLC
norm: constar financial
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 22, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 30, 2024
Undetected for: 22 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2024
Affected individuals: 8,578state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to federal law enforcementReported to government regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Partner company took steps to secure the systems
Partner launched an investigation with the assistance of cyber incident response specialists
Partner reported the event to federal law enforcement
Constar conducted a comprehensive review of the information within the impacted files
Constar reported the event to federal law enforcement and government regulators
Offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewing and further enhancing data security protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 67d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 22, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 27, 2024
67d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 22, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 27, 2024	67d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGSep 27 · first

Vermont State AGSep 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 27 · first

Maine State AGSep 27 · 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/f5625746-df54-4075-b823-0606fb3a2876.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2024
Raw hash: 9c516a68402969488cc6db1fcd110a07862ad6dffc20eb4477f8b951307762e0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmpereon Marketing

Victim entityConstar Financial Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 22, 2024

Stated responsePartner company took steps to secure the systems

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov