Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

International Management Advisors, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 26, 2018

Filed

May 18, 2018

To disclose

22 days

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for International Management Advisors, Ltd. →2 incidents on file

International Management Advisors, Ltd. notified Montana residents of a phishing incident on April 26, 2018. Attackers used a spearphishing link to steal credentials, gaining access to email and records containing PII, SSNs, and financial data. IMA reset passwords, engaged forensic consultants, shut down access, and provided two years of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Apr 26, 2018

Begins

Apr 26, 2018

Discovered

May 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: International Management Advisors, Ltd.
norm: international management advisors

Name: International Management Advisors, Ltd.
norm: international management advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 26, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 26, 2018 – Apr 26, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reset all passwords on the account
Deleted unauthorized mailbox rule forwarding mail to unfamiliar IP
Hired a consultant to perform forensic analysis
Shut down all access to the computer and affected account
Took custody of and secured the affected computer
Activated two-factor verification
Changes made: Undergone additional training on privacy and cybersecurity
Secured services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for two years
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 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/International-Management-Advisors-Ltd..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2018
Raw hash: 4a19d753fd7baaac7023f15ca6d48b4ae86cd35030fada126bc1384717bacd99

Reporting entityInternational Management Advisors, Ltd.

Victim entityInternational Management Advisors, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 26, 2018

Stated responseReset all passwords on the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov