🐻California State AGlinked via multistate filing link · 100%
Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filed Nov 11, 2024. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_8c525ef047b546d5 · merge_method deterministic · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
PII · PHI · Financial
CA ME MT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Dec 19, 2023
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Jan 29, 2024
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG, MAINE AG filings
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.
BBS Financial Services, LLC experienced a ransomware incident where a sophisticated threat actor exfiltrated data from its network. The breach occurred on December 19, 2023, and was discovered on January 29, 2024. Affected data included medical billing records, tax records, and payroll information containing PII, PHI, SSNs, and financial account numbers. BBS paid a ransom to the attacker, who subsequently destroyed the data. The company notified the FBI and IRS, activated IRS fraud detection systems, and offered two years of credit monitoring to affected individuals.
BBS Financial Services LLC (tax prep, payroll, medical billing) suffered a BianLian ransomware/extortion attack beginning Dec 19, 2023, discovered Jan 29, 2024. Data was exfiltrated; ransom was paid and evidence of destruction obtained. Affected data: SSNs, DOBs, financial account numbers, and medical billing records. 70,168 notified nationally; 1,404 Maine residents notified in two stages.
Affected (this filing): 1,404
BBS Financial Service, LLC reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2024-11-11. The breach occurred on 1/29/2024. 2 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 2