HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

GMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 21, 2020

Filed

Nov 2, 2021

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for GMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services →

GMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services discovered on December 21, 2020, that an employee's email account was accessed by an unknown individual. The incident potentially exposed PII (name, SSN, driver's license, DOB) and PHI (medical/health insurance info). Forensic investigation completed in Feb 2021; data review confirmed exposure in June 2021. GMGS implemented MFA and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 21, 2020 → Notified Oct 22, 2021305d ✗ CA 60-day late45 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 45 weeks / 316 days

Dec 21, 2020

Begins

Dec 21, 2020

Discovered

Nov 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: GMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services
norm: gmgs risk management insurance
Domain: gmgs.com

Name: GMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services
norm: gmgs risk management insurance
Domain: gmgs.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 22, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged outside forensic experts to determine whether the incident resulted in the exposure of sensitive information
Engaged a data review team to determine which individuals it needed to notify
Engaged in an extensive review of its files to locate contact information for the impacted population
Changes made: Implementing multifactor authentication
Arranged for certain impacted individuals to enroll in complimentary credit monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 45 weeks(316 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 305d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 21, 2020
→ Notified: Oct 22, 2021
305d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 21, 2020 → Notified: Oct 22, 2021	305d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-547125
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 2, 2021
Raw hash: 4d311314da8c424f2db69771c4f8e0180bc7cc39253cb4c8b6ccdb8aababf8be

Reporting entityGMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services

Victim entityGMGS Risk Management & Insurance Services

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside forensic experts to determine whether the incident resulted in the exposure of sensitive information

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov