Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MinorMediumContained

Farm Bureau Financial Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 27, 2017

Filed

Dec 8, 2017

To disclose

11 days

Affected

25state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Farm Bureau Financial Services notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where credentials were stolen to access employee email accounts. Affected data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and health info. The company engaged a security firm, offered credit monitoring, and implemented MFA and enhanced alerts.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 days

Nov 27, 2017

Discovered

Dec 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed25 affectedView incident

Name: Farm Bureau Financial Services
norm: farm bureau financial

Name: Farm Bureau Financial Services
norm: farm bureau financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 8, 2017
Affected individuals: 25state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Minor
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading computer security firm to assist
Offering complimentary access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring services for one year through CyberScout
Changes made: Enhancing existing automated alerts
Implementing IP blocking and filters
Implementing multi-factor authentication
Re-educating employees and agents regarding phishing emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 days(11 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Farm-Bureau-Financial-Services.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 8, 2017
Raw hash: 9a3bd2d91e47e94e68a4a624c1999a5e19e0e3da9f4a1dad72d3e7d3d6d2b389

Reporting entityFarm Bureau Financial Services

Victim entityFarm Bureau Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2017

Stated responseEngaged a leading computer security firm to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov