HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Idea Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 29, 2023

Filed

Jul 14, 2023

To disclose

15 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Idea Financial notified consumers of a security incident where an unauthorized party temporarily accessed a database containing personal information (name, DOB, SSN, FICO score) between April 26 and May 24, 2023. The incident was contained and investigated, with forensic conclusions reached on June 29, 2023. The company offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday15 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 64 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Apr 26, 2023

Begins

Jun 29, 2023

Discovered

Jul 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_12c2addfd2709e8c2023-07-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_73da40adbe58df932023-07-14Verified
California State AGbd_c94fed9c9d01f27b2023-07-14Candidate
Maine State AGbd_ec6996fa5c60e1f92023-07-14Verified

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Washington State AGbd_fd11744cacd3e96f2023-07-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b1765738dff414022023-07-21 · +7dVerified

Name: Idea Financial
norm: idea financial

Name: Idea Financial
norm: idea financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 26, 2023 – May 24, 2023
Undetected for: 64 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Contained the incident
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Offering 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offering a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offering fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG ≤14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGJul 14 · first

Montana State AGJul 14 · first

California State AGJul 14 · first

Maine State AGJul 14 · first

Washington State AGJul 14 · first

Vermont State AGJul 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jul 14 (IN), last Jul 21 (MA) — a 7-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-14-idea-financial-idea-247-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 14, 2023
Raw hash: 7b13ce1d4a6876036f8649d39a86968ae226de33d1bdd26bb87b4195a92b98ab

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIdea Financial

Victim entityIdea Financial

Incidentdiscovered Jun 29, 2023

Stated responseContained the incident

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov