HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 14, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Scottrade Financial Services, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Scottrade, Inc. notified clients in October 2015 that federal law enforcement investigation revealed unauthorized access to a database between late 2013 and early 2014. The incident involved the theft of client names, street addresses, Social Security numbers, and email addresses. Trading platforms and client funds were not compromised. Scottrade engaged forensic investigators, secured the intrusion point, and provided one year of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

Nov 1, 2013

Begins

Oct 14, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.
norm: scottrade financial

Name: Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.
norm: scottrade financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2013 – Feb 1, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 2, 2015
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Federal law enforcement officials recently informed us that they've been investigating cybersecurity crimesFederal authorities had requested that they be allowed to complete much of their investigation before we notified clients
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated a comprehensive response
Conducted an internal data forensics investigation on this incident with assistance from a leading computer security firm
Secured the known intrusion point
Taken appropriate steps to further strengthen our network defenses
Fully cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation and prosecution of the criminals involved
Arranged with AllClear ID to help you protect your identity at no cost to you for a period of one year
Changes made: Secured the known intrusion point
Taken appropriate steps to further strengthen our network defenses
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2015/Scottrade%2CInc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 14, 2015
Raw hash: 8a3da4cc60fb10339c7074c28ebe813acf4a88ff3c7540365785f4e2454d3465

Reporting entityScottrade Financial Services, Inc.

Victim entityScottrade Financial Services, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInitiated a comprehensive response

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov