Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

HD Vest Investment Services (2)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 11, 2016

Filed

Aug 4, 2016

To disclose

24 days

Affected

818state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for HD Vest Investment Services (2) →4 incidents on file

HD Vest Investment Services notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where an advisor's computer was compromised via a malicious message. The attacker gained remote access, potentially exposing client PII including SSNs. The incident was discovered on July 11, 2016, and credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 24 days

May 23, 2016

Begins

Jul 11, 2016

Discovered

Aug 4, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed818 affectedView incident

Name: HD Vest Investment Services (2)
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Name: HD Vest Investment Services (2)
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Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 11, 2016
Breach occurred: May 23, 2016 – Jul 6, 2016
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2016
Affected individuals: 818state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation
Offered a complimentary one-year membership in ID Experts credit monitoring and resolution services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/HDV-Vest-Investment-Services.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 4, 2016
Raw hash: 8073a6bc6ed76b8a2522fbd09b06a18bcd9ad9ad58bf3ca9dba58ca2b48ebdcb

Reporting entityHD Vest Investment Services (2)

Victim entityHD Vest Investment Services (2)

Incidentdiscovered Jul 11, 2016

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov