HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumResolved
Index Fund Advisors, Inc.
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Full breach record for Index Fund Advisors, Inc. →Index Fund Advisors, Inc. reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on 08/05/2021, discovered on 11/30/2021. The incident compromised names and financial account numbers (including credit/debit card numbers with security codes/PINs). 8,974 individuals were affected, including 3 Maine residents. Written notification was sent on 12/17/2021, offering 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.
Maine clockDiscovered Nov 30, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 17, 202117d ✓ ME AG ≤30d17 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,974 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2ee2cf3f-2c97-4937-aeda-33ec2e00cc3f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Dec 17, 2021
- Raw hash
- f0fb89ba6bcd0088cf5388495a3f014783091450bf32c269e6f9f2170101428f
Reporting entity
- Name
- Index Fund Advisors, Inc.norm: index fund advisors
- Domain
- ifa.com
- Industry
- Financial Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Index Fund Advisors, Inc.norm: index fund advisors
- Domain
- ifa.com
- Industry
- Financial Services
Incident
- Discovered
- Nov 30, 2021
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Dec 17, 2021
- Affected individuals
- 8,974
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Filed breach notification with Maine Attorney General
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- ME AG ≤30d · 17d
- Discovery-date grounding
- AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status Maine Discovered: Nov 30, 2021→ Filed with AG: Dec 17, 202117d 30 days ME AG ≤30d
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.