MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCryptowallData ExfiltratedData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Benjamin F. Edwards

bd_55dcbaa3e76b619c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 27, 2014

Filed

Jun 27, 2014

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

430state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

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

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. notified NH AG of a malware incident discovered May 27, 2014. An employee's computer was infected with CryptoWall, encrypting files and transferring data to a suspicious IP. 430 NH residents were notified. No specific evidence of data acquisition was found. BFE engaged forensic specialists, notified regulators (FINRA, MO Sec. Comm.), and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

May 27, 2014

Discovered

Jun 27, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_eb66221331ccfa7a2014-06-27Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b2871ec6a4c99b082014-06-30 · +3dVerified

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

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

Discovered: May 27, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 27, 2014
Affected individuals: 430state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcementNotified FINRANotified Missouri Securities Commissioner
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Removed the malware
Consulted with a computer forensics specialist to help in its investigation
Notified law enforcement
Notified the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)
Notified the Missouri Securities Commissioner
Changes made: Further restricted the IP addresses which can be visited by BFE employees
Supplemented its security infrastructure with additional devices and practices that may help prevent CryptoWall attacks in the future
Offering one year of free credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and fraud resolution services through AllClear ID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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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California State AGJun 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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-20140627.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2014
Raw hash: af61207a023c1feadf08a540eb60d251776b69efeb7d2e02477a6afbd66cff24

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenjamin F. Edwards

Victim entityBenjamin F. Edwards

Incidentdiscovered May 27, 2014

Stated responseRemoved the malware

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov