MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 22, 2022

Filed

Jan 19, 2023

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc. →

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management notified clients of a December 2022 unauthorized access incident involving client names, SSNs, and financial account numbers. The attacker damaged software used for performance reports, indicating ransomware. The firm engaged in investigation, secured data, and offered 24 months of Experian credit monitoring. No evidence of asset misuse was found.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday28 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Dec 21, 2022

Begins

Dec 22, 2022

Discovered

Jan 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_4d30a80b43c761d62023-01-19Candidate
Montana State AGbd_fa82e6c76005148b2023-01-19Verified

Name: Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.
norm: ferguson wellman capital management

Name: Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.
norm: ferguson wellman capital management
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 22, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 19, 2023
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notice has not been delayed by law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine what occurred
Took steps to secure the data that was accessed
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Evaluating additional technical security measures
Existing policies and procedures to mitigate reoccurrence of this type of event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Oregon State AGJan 19 · first

Montana State AGJan 19 · first

Vermont State AGJan 19 · first · this page

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/2023-01-19-ferguson-wellman-capital-management-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2023
Raw hash: c39c623021bd1b17ed067c6d323075ab3987ad720480ec59e509669ebd4274ba

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFerguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.

Victim entityFerguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 22, 2022

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine what occurred

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov