Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

McCord LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 29, 2022

Filed

Nov 14, 2023

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for McCord LLC →

McCord LLC, a financial advisory entity, notified consumers of a security incident involving unauthorized access to an advisor's email account via phishing. The incident, discovered on December 29, 2022, potentially exposed names, addresses, DOBs, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, and SSNs. McCord engaged Kroll for one year of identity monitoring and enhanced security protocols.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday46 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 · 46 weeks / 320 days

Dec 29, 2022

Discovered

Nov 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_168fa2762c5838c52023-11-18 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_639edfd53a3dd8532023-11-18 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e198661be160585b2023-11-18 · +4dVerified

Name: McCord LLC
norm: mccord

Name: McCord LLC
norm: mccord
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 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 LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the advisor's email account
Launched an investigation
Implemented additional measures to enhance existing security protocols
Re-educating staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
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: 46 weeks(320 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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Vermont State AGNov 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Maine State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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/2023-11-14-mccord-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2023
Raw hash: 508d8267c5355ce3e6b712cf644e7d1c0af1e108ee407077a048287b054959b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcCord LLC

Victim entityMcCord LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2022

Stated responseSecured the advisor's email account

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov