HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

Alera Group, Inc.

bd_e3c655734a05b3c1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

Jul 29, 2025

To disclose

52 weeks

Affected

1,845state residents only

Linked

27 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Alera Group, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Alera Group, Inc. reported a supplemental data breach affecting 1,845 Maine residents. Unauthorized access occurred between July 19 and August 4, 2024, with discovery in August 2024. Notices were sent on July 29, 2025. The incident involved external hacking resulting in the potential exposure of personal information. Alera Group engaged third-party cybersecurity specialists and provided 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 1, 2024 → Filed with AG Jul 29, 2025362d ⏱ ME AG >30d52 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 52 weeks / 362 days

Jul 19, 2024

Begins

Aug 1, 2024

Discovered

Jul 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+44 wks slower

This filing is one of 27 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_211c3690998ad21f2025-08-01 · +3dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_016815a015cf2e472025-08-28 · +30dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_1ed3f272d914f3412025-08-28 · +30dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_ed57df1e6d5282bc2025-08-28 · +30dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 142d gap

Maine State AGbd_8d2d836fa9ea10942025-09-05 · +38dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_d9430cde35cab8392025-09-05 · +38dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_10f7ee090a4dd3582025-09-29 · +62dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_d147a40a2e2867292025-10-24 · +87dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_e4aec533344453102025-11-07 · +101dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_e9293f27dfff89402025-12-18 · +142dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 26 linked disclosures.

Name: Alera Group, Inc.
norm: alera group
Domain: aleragroup.com
Industry: Insurance Brokerage

Name: Alera Group, Inc.
norm: alera group
Domain: aleragroup.com
Industry: Insurance Brokerage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 19, 2024 – Aug 4, 2024
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2025
Affected individuals: 1,845state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Completed a thorough and comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Offering you immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 24 months at no cost to you, through IDX
Posted notice of this event on its website
Notified relevant media outlets
Changes made: Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect our environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 52 weeks(362 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 362dME resident >60d · 362dME CRA notice due
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
Maine
Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Jul 29, 2025
362d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
→ Notified: Jul 29, 2025
362d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 1, 2024 → Filed with AG: Jul 29, 2025	362d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 1, 2024 → Notified: Jul 29, 2025	362d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGJul 29 · first · this page

Illinois State AG+3d

Maine State AG+30d

New Hampshire State AG+30d

California State AG+30d

Maine State AG+38d

New Hampshire State AG+38d

Maine State AG+62d

Texas State AG+87d

California State AG+101d

Oregon State AG+142d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (ME), last Dec 18 (OR) — a 142-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 26 — 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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7579662d-08c5-4b23-8e5f-3ac1421d3266.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2025
Raw hash: e58c2ffc721f90fd9b65e438fe26815212ee6e361ee0ed49a14ace5879b8d639

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlera Group, Inc.

Victim entityAlera Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2024

Stated responseCompleted a thorough and comprehensive investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov