Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Bailard, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 3, 2020

Filed

Jul 11, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bailard, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Bailard, Inc. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Feb 25 and Mar 5, 2020. The incident involved names and SSNs. Bailard reset credentials, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 38 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 99 days

Feb 25, 2020

Begins

Apr 3, 2020

Discovered

Jul 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5c62f95cc06a87e42020-06-15 · +26dVerified
California State AGbd_172b944593ca77ba2020-06-11 · +30dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_9a4ef434cd14b2b52020-06-11 · +30dVerified

Name: Bailard, Inc.
norm: bailard
Domain: bailard.com

Name: Bailard, Inc.
norm: bailard
Domain: bailard.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 25, 2020 – Mar 5, 2020
Undetected for: 38 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Promptly changed the email account credentials
Investigated to confirm the security of our email network
Offering you access to identity monitoring services through Kroll for twelve (12) months at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Conducting additional employee training
Implementing additional security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGJun 11 · first

Indiana State AGJun 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Montana State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 11 (CA), last Jul 11 (MT) — a 30-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/General-Notice-107.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 11, 2020
Raw hash: 98c4d2ae5ef09cdc30a58a9d37802abb4c163f573e75b73dc0b5e1a4e02e3e4f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBailard, Inc.

Victim entityBailard, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2020

Stated responsePromptly changed the email account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov