HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Molen & Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 24, 2023

Filed

Apr 10, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,3231 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Molen & Associates →

Molen & Associates, a financial services firm, reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on October 4, 2023, and was discovered on October 24, 2023. The breach affected one Maine resident. The compromised information included names and Social Security numbers. The company provided written notification to the affected individual on April 5, 2024, and offered 24 months of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 24, 2023 → Filed with AG Apr 10, 2024169d ✗ ME AG >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 169 days

Oct 4, 2023

Begins

Oct 24, 2023

Discovered

Apr 10, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_27ce5210537854902024-04-11 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e9461ecf28a56cb22024-04-05 · +5dVerified

Name: Molen & Associates
norm: molen associates

Name: Molen & Associates
norm: molen associates
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 4, 2023
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2024
Affected individuals: 4,323state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected individuals.
Changes made: Offered 24 months of identity theft protection services.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(169 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 169dME resident >60d · 164d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 24, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Apr 10, 2024
169d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 24, 2023
→ Notified: Apr 5, 2024
164d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 24, 2023 → Filed with AG: Apr 10, 2024	169d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 24, 2023 → Notified: Apr 5, 2024	164d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGApr 5 · first

Maine State AG+5d · this page

Montana State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Apr 5 (IN), last Apr 11 (MT) — a 6-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/63920d29-32d1-4e35-b649-7045ae270714.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2024
Raw hash: f848a6c3399fd0f6f501998196588835df3acc9432bf7615dc31718d6ff082bc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMolen & Associates

Victim entityMolen & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Oct 24, 2023

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected individuals.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov