HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowActive

Index Fund Advisors, Inc.

bd_149450664aa088cc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 5, 2021

Filed

Jan 12, 2022

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Index Fund Advisors, Inc. →

Index Fund Advisors, Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire AG regarding a data event affecting 13 additional NH residents. Unauthorized access was detected on August 5, 2021. PII was potentially accessed. IFA engaged forensic investigators, secured systems, and offers 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 160 days

Aug 5, 2021

Begins

Aug 5, 2021

Discovered

Jan 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 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_1e8a953c14fe0d982022-01-06 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_40ab1b9a6ec270742022-01-06 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_641bfbfc299e09c22021-12-27 · +16dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0ae3681a545442742021-12-17 · +26dCandidate

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California State AGbd_0d93c75dfd599b2c2021-12-17 · +26dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_78ff063fdec91bbe2021-12-17 · +26dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b688f29701c2be002021-12-17 · +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: Jan 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Supplemental Notice of Data Event filed with New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Enlisted a third-party forensic investigation firm to assist with the investigation
Commenced an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the event
Took steps to secure our systems
Providing you with 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: 23 weeks(160 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGDec 17 · first

California State AGDec 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 17 · first

Indiana State AGDec 17 · first

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Maine State AG+20d

Montana State AG+20d

New Hampshire State AG+26d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/index-fund-advisors-20220112.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 12, 2022
Raw hash: e60ad67a2dd57fdf78982f722d4c55cfe8a7bf23be69b800887c8fe3b73ee93d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIndex Fund Advisors, Inc.

Victim entityIndex Fund Advisors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 5, 2021

Stated responseEnlisted a third-party forensic investigation firm to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov