AccidentalFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinanceMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

ADVISORY RESEARCH, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 11, 2017

Filed

Oct 24, 2017

To disclose

13 days

Affected · nationwide

4142 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ADVISORY RESEARCH, INC. →

Advisory Research, Inc. notified the NH AG that on Oct 11, 2017, it discovered account info (names, custodian account numbers, read-only credentials) was accessible via its website structure. ~414 individuals affected, including 2 NH residents. No misuse known. Remediation included removing data and offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 days

Oct 11, 2017

Discovered

Oct 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_68b4981498c6e8832017-10-24Verified
Montana State AGbd_82288747f7de8be02017-10-24Candidate

Name: ADVISORY RESEARCH, INC.
norm: advisory research

Name: ADVISORY RESEARCH, INC.
norm: advisory research
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 11, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 24, 2017
Affected individuals: 414state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Removed the account information from the structural architecture of its website
Examined affected accounts
Offering each affected individual two years of Experian Identity Restore and Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring services
Changes made: Taken steps to further secure information and ensure that such information is not accessible in the future
Systematically resets its access credentials
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 24 · first

Montana State AGOct 24 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 24 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/advisory-reearch-20171024.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 24, 2017
Raw hash: cec093f3a0825a41d0f379e627dbba7bd778d8a2209547c01a63b6af24e59e82

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityADVISORY RESEARCH, INC.

Victim entityADVISORY RESEARCH, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2017

Stated responseRemoved the account information from the structural architecture of its website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov