HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

PlanMember Securities Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 15, 2022

Filed

Apr 15, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

12 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PlanMember Securities Corporation →3 incidents on file

PlanMember Securities Corporation experienced a targeted cyber incident where criminal actors illegally accessed an executive's email account to attempt wire fraud. The attackers may have accessed attached documents containing employee and client PII, including names, Social Security numbers, and account numbers. The breach occurred on February 17, 2022, and was discovered on March 15, 2022. PlanMember engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of identity theft protection to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Feb 17, 2022

Begins

Mar 15, 2022

Discovered

Apr 15, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 12 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_be1890f84a3534192022-04-15Verified
Oregon State AGbd_bf5c1abaa9187ec62022-04-15Verified
Maine State AGbd_d9787ffd1dfd301e2022-04-16 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f2a6ba76f5b0dbe92022-04-16 · +1dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_52833bfe24c4c9f62022-04-12 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_4bcbb70533d6c9592022-06-15 · +61dVerified
Maine State AGbd_a44fc4621a30a1b22022-06-27 · +73dVerified
California State AGbd_58d9e5f0a778fdd42022-06-29 · +75dVerified
Hawaii State AGbd_54c7aa065a80fc0c2022-06-30 · +76dVerified
Montana State AGbd_a4b2b687e3b8e7c12022-07-01 · +77dVerified

Showing first 10 of 11 linked disclosures.

Name: PlanMember Securities Corporation
norm: planmember securities
Domain: planmember.com

Name: PlanMember Securities Corporation
norm: planmember securities
Domain: planmember.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2022
Undetected for: 26 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation and took a series of immediate steps designed to remediate the issue
Engaged with a leading incident response and forensics firm to further secure our systems, determine the root cause, and further protect your information
Reported the event to law enforcement
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Changes made: Implemented processes and protocols designed to mitigate this type of activity
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 · 11 filings · 8 states

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Maine State AGApr 12 · first

Washington State AG+3d

Oregon State AG+3d

California State AG+3d · this page

Maine State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+64d

Maine State AG+76d

California State AG+78d

Hawaii State AG+79d

Montana State AG+80d

Pattern: first filing Apr 12 (ME), last Jul 1 (MT) — a 80-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 11 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-552652
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2022
Raw hash: 7360be93c9ac9edd620805655f3e69edca9df285c0c66d5af0ab4065d231391e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPlanMember Securities Corporation

Victim entityPlanMember Securities Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Mar 15, 2022

Stated responseLaunched an investigation and took a series of immediate steps designed to remediate the issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov