Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Legacy Capital Advisors LLC

bd_a8923cda36790b12 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 25, 2023

Filed

Aug 27, 2024

To disclose

48 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Legacy Capital Advisors LLC →

Legacy Capital Advisors LLC notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed employee email accounts starting in late July 2023. The breach was discovered on September 25, 2023. The incident likely involved PII and government IDs. Legacy engaged forensic specialists, secured accounts, and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday48 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 86 days

discovery → filing · 48 weeks / 337 days

Jul 1, 2023

Begins

Sep 25, 2023

Discovered

Aug 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+40 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_64d58128659d178f2024-08-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7c00a7112969afcf2024-08-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a8db4eab2d4a96382024-08-26 · +1dVerified

Name: Legacy Capital Advisors LLC
norm: legacy capital advisors

Name: Legacy Capital Advisors LLC
norm: legacy capital advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2023 – Sep 25, 2023
Undetected for: 86 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Aug 27, 2024
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: This notice has not been delayed by law enforcement.
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the affected account
Initiated an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Conducted a comprehensive review of the contents of the accounts
Implemented additional security measures to protect against similar incidents moving forward
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for [variable text 3] months through Experian
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to protect against similar incidents moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 48 weeks(337 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGAug 26 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d · 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/2024-08-27-legacy-capital-advisors-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 27, 2024
Raw hash: 2ee794914cabcbca43d94917d64c154a0772027e0d82493d4e792493535512d0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLegacy Capital Advisors LLC

Victim entityLegacy Capital Advisors LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 25, 2023

Stated responseTook steps to secure the affected account

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov