HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Index Fund Advisors, Inc.

bd_0d93c75dfd599b2c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 5, 2021

Filed

Dec 17, 2021

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Index Fund Advisors, Inc. →

Index Fund Advisors, Inc. detected possible unauthorized access to certain systems on August 5, 2021. An investigation determined an unauthorized actor potentially accessed files containing personal information. The company engaged a third-party forensic firm, secured systems, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 5, 2021 → Notified Dec 17, 2021134d ✗ CA 60-day late19 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 134 days

Aug 5, 2021

Begins

Aug 5, 2021

Discovered

Dec 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0ae3681a545442742021-12-17Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_78ff063fdec91bbe2021-12-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b688f29701c2be002021-12-17Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_641bfbfc299e09c22021-12-27 · +10dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 26d gap

Maine State AGbd_1e8a953c14fe0d982022-01-06 · +20dVerified
Montana State AGbd_40ab1b9a6ec270742022-01-06 · +20dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_149450664aa088cc2022-01-12 · +26dVerified

Name: Index Fund Advisors, Inc.
norm: index fund advisors
Domain: ifa.com

Name: Index Fund Advisors, Inc.
norm: index fund advisors
Domain: ifa.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 5, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 17, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Enlisted a third-party forensic investigation firm to assist with the investigation
Took steps to secure our systems
Providing 12 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to further protect the security of information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(134 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 134d
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: Aug 5, 2021
→ Notified: Dec 17, 2021
134d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 5, 2021 → Notified: Dec 17, 2021	134d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGDec 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 17 · first

Indiana State AGDec 17 · first

California State AGDec 17 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Maine State AG+20d

Montana State AG+20d

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Dec 17 (ME), last Jan 12 (NH) — a 26-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-548675
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: 32770e4447cf3d62035a5ddbc99df92b7108d9831104ffb2637a54e29c0037b1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIndex Fund Advisors, Inc.

Victim entityIndex Fund Advisors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 5, 2021

Stated responseImmediately began an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov