Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Conover Capital Management, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 23, 2016

Filed

Feb 3, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,197state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Conover Capital Management, LLC →

Conover Capital Management, LLC and Conover Securities Corporation reported unauthorized access to a client database on November 16, 2016, after an attacker impersonated a Microsoft technician to gain remote access. The incident affected 1,197 Washington residents, exposing names, addresses, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. Conover notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Nov 16, 2016

Begins

Dec 23, 2016

Discovered

Feb 3, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3f35ca07c90e82542017-02-03Verified

Name: Vedder Price PC
norm: vedder price

Name: Conover Capital Management, LLC
norm: conover capital management
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 23, 2016
Breach occurred: Nov 16, 2016
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 3, 2017
Affected individuals: 1,197state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Driver's licence numberSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Retained a leading incident response and digital forensics firm to assist in Conover's investigation
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Changes made: Evaluating ways to best strengthen Conover’s systems to guard against similar attacks in the future
Reminding its employees of the risks of phishing attacks and providing them with additional information on best practices for cybersecurity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 3 · first

Washington State AGFeb 3 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9664.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 3, 2017
Raw hash: 3d52e6bbf8000931ba68103e03aad3db20b8484ff81d96ad29e5f418687a70bb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVedder Price PC

Victim entityConover Capital Management, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 23, 2016

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com