Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 12, 2018

Filed

Mar 29, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC. →

The Retirement Advantage, Inc. (TRA) notified customers of a phishing attack on an employee email account on Feb 10, 2018, detected Feb 12, 2018. PII potentially involved included names, addresses, SSNs, and financial info. No evidence of specific record access or fraud was found. TRA engaged forensic counsel and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Feb 10, 2018

Begins

Feb 12, 2018

Discovered

Mar 29, 2018

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_e5bb79ca285638602018-03-27 · +2dVerified

Name: THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.
norm: the retirement advantage

Name: THE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.
norm: the retirement advantage
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 12, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 10, 2018
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Immediately secured the affected email account
Engaged counsel and an outside forensic consulting firm to investigate
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring service for one year provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Reviewing existing security practices and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 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 AGMar 27 · first

Montana State AG+2d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/The-Retirement-Advantage-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2018
Raw hash: 3c7f0336dc01f7f94edeacb598cf2292f75f45de2e9018610225a31d755247d8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.

Victim entityTHE RETIREMENT ADVANTAGE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 12, 2018

Stated responseImmediately secured the affected email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov