HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Fora Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 9, 2022

Filed

Mar 29, 2023

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Fora Financial →4 incidents on file

Fora Financial LLC notified consumers that unauthorized third parties, identified as competitors, obtained deal-related information including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers via an exploit in Fora's information systems. The incident was discovered on September 9, 2022, and the source was terminated on February 19, 2023. The investigation is ongoing. Fora is providing 12 months of identity monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday29 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 201 days

Sep 9, 2022

Discovered

Mar 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_05be91cc7db2be262023-03-29Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_4837e4e5864552032023-03-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_53764b747a252fff2023-03-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a7772032312c7ca92023-03-29Verified

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Maine State AGbd_e6e0434f0c22e8fc2023-03-29Verified by operator

Name: Fora Financial
norm: fora financial
Domain: forafinancial.com

Name: Fora Financial
norm: fora financial
Domain: forafinancial.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalEspionage
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately began to investigate
Terminated the source of the compromise
Providing identity monitoring and best practices on ways to minimize your chances of becoming a victim of identity theft for twelve months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(201 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGMar 29 · first

Indiana State AGMar 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 29 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 29 · first

Maine State AGMar 29 · first

Vermont State AGMar 29 · 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/2023-03-29-fora-financial-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2023
Raw hash: 9958bd3bcc4e7a6cabea271c98bfa4ede63113f494d8cc2aa468dcfa7534e779

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFora Financial

Victim entityFora Financial

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2022

Stated responseImmediately began to investigate

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov