Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePretextingData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

bd_af87b5d30abf2bb6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 29, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for WELLS FARGO & COMPANY →13 incidents on file

Wells Fargo notified Montana residents that on July 6, 2017, a law firm representing Wells Fargo inadvertently provided client information to another law firm in response to a subpoena. The data was shared with two attorneys, their client, and his employer. Wells Fargo obtained court orders to restrict use and distribution, and offered one year of identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

Jul 6, 2017

Begins

Aug 29, 2017

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ea1465859659d2b82017-08-29Verified

Name: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
norm: wells fargo

Name: WELLS FARGO & COMPANY
norm: wells fargo
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Partner
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Obtained court orders to protect the information
Offering one year of identity monitoring services at no cost provided by Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 29 · first

Montana State AGAug 29 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Wells-Fargo.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 29, 2017
Raw hash: 997793b2bf13b0f28b5cd449a966cb93355bbb9b6ed7937b08ce8fd1fa8e606b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWELLS FARGO & COMPANY

Victim entityWELLS FARGO & COMPANY

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseObtained court orders to protect the information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov