Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Acorn Financial Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 22, 2022

Filed

Jan 31, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Acorn Financial Services, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Acorn Financial Services notified consumers of a security incident where an employee's email account was compromised via phishing. The attacker accessed emails containing personal information including names, addresses, DOBs, driver's license numbers, SSNs, and financial account numbers. Acorn secured the account, enhanced security protocols, and provided one year of free identity monitoring through Kroll.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday23 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

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 162 days

Aug 22, 2022

Discovered

Jan 31, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_74355d7d7e90a3a82023-01-31Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9ad3ddd7198393362023-01-31Verified

Name: Acorn Financial Services, Inc.
norm: acorn financial

Name: Acorn Financial Services, Inc.
norm: acorn financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 22, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 31, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the employee's email account
Launched an investigation
Implemented additional measures to enhance existing security protocols
Re-educating staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Provided one year of identity monitoring at no cost through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance existing security protocols
Re-educating staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(162 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 31 · first

Vermont State AGJan 31 · 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/2023-01-31-acorn-financial-services-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 31, 2023
Raw hash: ec76b9ba39ef625f73110049ee59d23fcc0e2ec1998a97823f34ee3e92efd8a6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAcorn Financial Services, Inc.

Victim entityAcorn Financial Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 22, 2022

Stated responseSecured the employee's email account

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov