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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Index Fund Advisors, Inc.

bd_40ab1b9a6ec27074 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 5, 2021

Filed

Jan 6, 2022

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Index Fund Advisors, Inc.

Index Fund Advisors, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach detected on August 5, 2021. Unauthorized access to systems potentially containing personal information (names, SSNs, DOBs) was identified. IFA engaged forensic investigators and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring. No misuse of information has been confirmed to date.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 154 days

Aug 5, 2021

Begins

Aug 5, 2021

Discovered

Jan 6, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 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

Show 3 more filingsup to 20d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGDec 17 · first
California State AGDec 17 · first
Massachusetts State AGDec 17 · first
Indiana State AGDec 17 · first
Montana State AG+20d · 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.