HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHighContained

Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 14, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

69,057state residents only

Linked

6 filings

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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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Nov 1, 2013

Begins

Oct 14, 2015

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Hawaii State AGbd_6308d977824ec33d2015-10-12 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7a88db0d173afd492015-10-02 · +12dVerified
California State AGbd_5160d22e69e175612015-10-01 · +13dVerified
Washington State AGbd_ec3a31595e6b58072015-09-30 · +14dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_8452bf34661dd7b22015-09-25 · +19dCandidate

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: 69,057state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
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: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 25 · first

Washington State AG+5d

California State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Hawaii State AG+17d

South Carolina State AG+19d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 25 (NH), last Oct 14 (SC) — a 19-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://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

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityScottrade Financial Services, Inc.

Victim entityScottrade Financial Services, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInitiated a comprehensive response

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov