Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Veritex Holdings

bd_a73eb11168fc5fdf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 2, 2020

Filed

Dec 28, 2020

To disclose

39 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Veritex Holdings →2 incidents on file

Veritex Holdings, Inc. notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between April 2 and April 27, 2020. The incident was discovered in April 2020 and confirmed in September 2020. Personal information including names was accessed. Veritex engaged forensic investigators, reset credentials, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 39 weeks / 270 days

Apr 2, 2020

Begins

Apr 2, 2020

Discovered

Dec 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+30 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_63aa0d5a3f96b7f82021-01-11 · +14dVerified
California State AGbd_69bebf3ae9087b382021-01-11 · +14dVerified

Name: Veritex Holdings
norm: veritex holdings

Name: Veritex Holdings
norm: veritex holdings
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 2, 2020 – Apr 27, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Began an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators
Changed email account credentials
Investigated to confirm the security of our email network
Offering you access to 12 months of identity monitoring services through TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Working to enhance our existing security processes and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 weeks(270 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGDec 28 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+14d

California State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Dec 28 (MT), last Jan 11 (CA) — a 14-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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/veriSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2020
Raw hash: e85f6937f4709bdc9df15cf1a6874562f0b38b080e215e64f87fc59d95a7fa8f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVeritex Holdings

Victim entityVeritex Holdings

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2020

Stated responseBegan an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov