HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Equity Trust Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2013

Filed

May 8, 2013

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Equity Trust Company →

Equity Trust Company notified customers that an unauthorized third party breached its security system at the end of January 2013. Forensic analysis by KPMG confirmed unauthorized viewing access to customer information, including names, addresses, and social security numbers, but found no evidence that data was acquired, copied, or removed. The company blocked intrusions, restricted international access, and notified the FBI.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 31, 2013 → Notified Apr 15, 201374d ✗ CA 60-day late14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Jan 31, 2013

Discovered

May 8, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Name: Equity Trust Company
norm: equity trust
Domain: trustetc.com

Name: Equity Trust Company
norm: equity trust
Domain: trustetc.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 15, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFiled a Suspicious Activity Report

During the incident: Installed software to block similar intrusions
Denied access to our network from certain international locations
Arranged to have KPMG LLP’s independent information technology consultants assess the nature and extent of the unauthorized access
Filed a Suspicious Activity Report
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other relevant government bodies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 74d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 31, 2013
→ Notified: Apr 15, 2013
74d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 31, 2013 → Notified: Apr 15, 2013	74d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-41731
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2013
Raw hash: 54fa7a6bcc08b24b1d07fbcf56f72cd1880bf786f83308e2c9a8c4856ad1aefc

Reporting entityEquity Trust Company

Victim entityEquity Trust Company

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2013

Stated responseInstalled software to block similar intrusions

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov