HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

CLARFELD FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2018

Filed

Mar 9, 2018

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for CLARFELD FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC →

Clarfeld Financial Advisors notified clients of a data breach where unauthorized access to Charles Schwab Advisor Center accounts occurred via compromised CFA credentials on Feb 22-23, 2018. Affected data included names, SSNs, addresses, and Schwab account numbers. Schwab deactivated credentials and CFA engaged forensic experts and provided 24 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Feb 22, 2018

Begins

Mar 9, 2018

Discovered

Mar 9, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_5c495154926ba30c2018-03-16 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d15d683d9edcb2132018-03-16 · +7dVerified

Name: CLARFELD FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
norm: clarfeld financial advisors

Name: CLARFELD FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC
norm: clarfeld financial advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 22, 2018 – Feb 23, 2018
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2018
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Schwab Security Administration Center identified the unauthorized access and deactivated the intruder’s compromised credentials
Conducting a review of our systems and processes, assisted by outside cybersecurity experts
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Conducting a review of our systems and processes, assisted by outside cybersecurity experts, to learn the cause of this intrusion, and if necessary, to identify additional steps that can be taken to help prevent this type of incident from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 9 (MT), last Mar 16 (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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Clarfeld-Financial-Advisors.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 9, 2018
Raw hash: 7563f71a35b5f6386303c5419a2ed92bdbad39f8606fff8d22146d90b785eb0d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCLARFELD FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Victim entityCLARFELD FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2018

Stated responseSchwab Security Administration Center identified the unauthorized access and deactivated the intruder’s compromised credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov