MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Regal Securities, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 3, 2023

Filed

Aug 16, 2023

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

600state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Regal Securities, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Regal Securities, Inc reported a ransomware incident affecting 600 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 31 - Feb 3, 2023. The company engaged forensic experts, disconnected systems, and offered 2 years of Kroll identity monitoring. Data types included names and government IDs.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d28 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 194 days

Jan 31, 2023

Begins

Feb 3, 2023

Discovered

Aug 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+19 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0315fc021923d0152023-08-16Candidate
California State AGbd_e482f87d638bfe872023-08-16Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_1062abc3efa11b792023-08-23 · +7dVerified

Name: Regal Securities, Inc.
norm: regal securities

Name: Regal Securities, Inc.
norm: regal securities
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 3, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2023 – Feb 3, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 600state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Implemented incident response protocols
Disconnected affected systems
Engaged external cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation
Hired a vendor to do an in-depth review of the potentially impacted data
Conducted a comprehensive review of our systems
Strengthened our network defenses
Implemented additional security and ongoing monitoring
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring services
Changes made: Strengthened our network defenses
Implemented additional security and ongoing monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(194 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGAug 16 · first

California State AGAug 16 · first

Washington State AGAug 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 16 (ME), last Aug 23 (MA) — a 7-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2023
Raw hash: 2ca04c03ee8eb2356e8b1e388ebef1a50c7961644404f6c72dc98b61c94a9390

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRegal Securities, Inc.

Victim entityRegal Securities, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 3, 2023

Stated responseImplemented incident response protocols

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com