HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

Fora Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 9, 2022

Filed

Mar 29, 2023

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Fora Financial →4 incidents on file

Fora Financial LLC notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on September 9, 2022. Competitors exploited a vulnerability in Fora's information systems to obtain deal-related information, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The incident is ongoing; competitors used data for competitive purposes. Fora terminated the compromise and offers 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 201 days

Sep 9, 2022

Discovered

Mar 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_4837e4e5864552032023-03-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_53764b747a252fff2023-03-29Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9dbbd38a4ffe9c5f2023-03-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a7772032312c7ca92023-03-29Verified

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Maine State AGbd_e6e0434f0c22e8fc2023-03-29Verified by operator

Name: Fora Financial
norm: fora financial
Domain: forafinancial.com

Name: Fora Financial
norm: fora financial
Domain: forafinancial.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalSecondary
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Providing identity monitoring and best practices on ways to minimize your chances of becoming a victim of identity theft for twelve months
Terminated the source of the compromise
Changes made: Terminated the source of the compromise
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(201 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGMar 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 29 · first

Vermont State AGMar 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 29 · first

Maine State AGMar 29 · first

Montana State AGMar 29 · first · this page

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/Consumer-notification-letter-149.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2023
Raw hash: 8474b703e7326cae565db27c4aed19e64864cef955d1bb13a9579f7942bbb938

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFora Financial

Victim entityFora Financial

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2022

Stated responseProviding identity monitoring and best practices on ways to minimize your chances of becoming a victim of identity theft for twelve months

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov