MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedPIIFinancialLowContained

Benjamin F. Edwards

bd_27c5eef5f1d6a560 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 27, 2014

Filed

Jul 15, 2014

To disclose

18 days

Affected

489state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Benjamin F. Edwards →3 incidents on file

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. notified the NH AG of a malware incident on June 27, 2014. Approximately 489 NH residents (clients, employees, and account beneficiaries) were notified and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jun 27, 2014

Discovered

Jul 15, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

7 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_6a0d8a8c00207f4f2014-07-16 · +1dVerified

Name: Bryan Cave LLP
norm: bryan cave

Name: Benjamin F. Edwards
norm: benjamin f edwards
Domain: bullerprivatewealth.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 27, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 27, 2014
Affected individuals: 489state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: voluntarily notified the office of the attorney general of a malware incident

During the incident: Sent letters to every current and former client and employee of BFE known to reside in New Hampshire
Provided them with one year of free credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and fraud resolution services
Notify approximately 59 New Hampshire residents who are listed as a participant to a BFE account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 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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New Hampshire State AGJul 15 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/benjamin-edwards-20140715.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 15, 2014
Raw hash: 244144889b5d56fd43a73454ecdacc3fe8ef2e2acc0b63156f7443585c95515d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBryan Cave LLP

Victim entityBenjamin F. Edwards

Incidentdiscovered Jun 27, 2014

Stated responseSent letters to every current and former client and employee of BFE known to reside in New Hampshire

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov