DisclosureLens
HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 28, 2022

Filed

Feb 24, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Zacks Investment Research, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Zacks Investment Research, Inc. notified Delaware AG of a data breach discovered on December 28, 2022, involving unauthorized access to customer records from 1999-2005. The incident exposed names, addresses, emails, and passwords. Zacks reset compromised passwords and engaged outside cybersecurity experts for investigation.

Incident timeline

undetected · 422 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Nov 1, 2021

Begins

Dec 28, 2022

Discovered

Feb 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 31d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGJan 24 · first
Maine State AGJan 24 · first
California State AG+16d
Vermont State AG+16d
Oregon State AG+21d
Delaware State AG+31d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 24 (WA), last Feb 24 (DE) — a 31-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.