MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Forum for Youth Investment

bd_8fb79ec43d303bcf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 27, 2017

Filed

Jun 8, 2017

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Forum for Youth Investment →

The Forum for Youth Investment disclosed a ransomware attack discovered on March 27, 2017, with unauthorized access occurring around March 19, 2017. The incident was limited to a single Michigan office. Personal information including names and other data elements was on the affected system. No evidence of data exfiltration was found. The organization engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Mar 19, 2017

Begins

Mar 27, 2017

Discovered

Jun 8, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_edb96c769b547da92017-06-08Verified

Name: The Forum for Youth Investment
norm: the forum for youth investment

Name: The Forum for Youth Investment
norm: the forum for youth investment
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 19, 2017
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 7, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this incident to the FBInotifying the relevant state Attorneys General

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third party forensic investigators
Reported this incident to the FBI
Changes made: Offering you access to one year of identity theft protection and credit monitoring services through Equifax at no cost to you
Working to implement additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 8 · first

Montana State AGJun 8 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/The-Forum-for-Youth-Investment.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 8, 2017
Raw hash: d6a7faba33c532fcc1a9eca06c8af24766e4643880d6b4edec5953c38f7ea62e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Forum for Youth Investment

Victim entityThe Forum for Youth Investment

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov