HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceSQL InjectionCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsCriticalContained

Catholic United Financial

bd_444411c792158acf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Sep 6, 2017

Filed

Oct 5, 2017

To disclose

29 days

Affected · nationwide

127,31039 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Catholic United Financial →

Catholic United Financial experienced a data breach via SQL injection attacks on its web server. Unauthorized access occurred between November 12, 2016, and August 28, 2017. The incident compromised members' PII including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and login credentials. Approximately 127,310 individuals were affected. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and local law enforcement, and provided credit monitoring services to affected members.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 298 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Nov 12, 2016

Begins

Sep 6, 2017

Discovered

Oct 5, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_095ea08906d84f192017-10-06 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_163b0a2490838b832017-10-06 · +1dCandidate
Washington State AGbd_8e14bc01857077232017-10-06 · +1dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_d98cc38a86f2cabd2017-10-12 · +7dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_a56592d36390de292017-10-13 · +8dVerified by operator

Name: Stinson Leonard Street LLP
norm: stinson leonard street

Name: Catholic United Financial
norm: catholic united financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 12, 2016 – Aug 28, 2017
Undetected for: 298 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 6, 2017
Affected individuals: 127,310state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified FBINotified Ramsey County, Minnesota sheriff
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired outside forensic investigators to assess the situation
Removed all potential access to personally identifiable information on its web server
Secured the web server from any possible further attack
Notified local law enforcement as well as the FBI
Cooperating in their investigations
Hardening its security with the help of outside experts
Changes made: Hardening its security with the help of outside experts to ensure similar attacks cannot be successful in the future
Restoring website with enhanced security measures and programming
Providing 24 months of credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration for all living adults
Providing fraud consultation and identity theft restoration for a year for deceased members
Providing minor identity monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration for a year for minors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 5 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Oregon State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Oct 5 (NH), last Oct 13 (OR) — a 8-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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/catholic-united-financial-20171005.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2017
Raw hash: 2e199d07fb05c4c41cc01fcfa8fc2c59604528983ce1e6885f16e0d0ee60e34e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStinson Leonard Street LLP

Victim entityCatholic United Financial

Incidentdiscovered Sep 6, 2017

Stated responseHired outside forensic investigators to assess the situation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov