HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

John Stokes Financial

bd_6daf6ca6647619ab · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 14, 2021

Filed

Feb 3, 2022

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

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John Stokes Financial experienced a security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account. The breach occurred between October 7 and October 14, 2021, and was discovered on October 14, 2021. Personal information, including names and potentially Social Security numbers, may have been exposed. The company secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of identity monitoring services via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Oct 7, 2021

Begins

Oct 14, 2021

Discovered

Feb 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

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

Name: John Stokes Financial
norm: john stokes financial

Name: John Stokes Financial
norm: john stokes financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 14, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 7, 2021 – Oct 14, 2021
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist in a forensic analysis of the incident
Conducted a thorough review of the entire contents of the account to determine the specific individuals whose information was contained within the emails and attachments
Implemented additional measures to enhance existing security protocols
Re-educating staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring services at no cost for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance existing security protocols
Re-educating staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(112 days from discovery to filing)
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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-550682
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 3, 2022
Raw hash: a487e1135cf0c00256d664297a0d031b7a907bf04bbf5a12be3d637c7221aa9e

Reporting entityJohn Stokes Financial

Victim entityJohn Stokes Financial

Incidentdiscovered Oct 14, 2021

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov