HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 28, 2022

Filed

Feb 9, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Zacks Investment Research, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Zacks Investment Research notified Vermont AG of unauthorized access to customer records (names, addresses, emails, passwords) from an older database. Access occurred between Nov 2021 and Aug 2022; discovered Dec 2022. Zacks reset passwords and engaged cybersecurity experts. No financial data accessed. Affected count not disclosed.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday6 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 · 422 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Nov 1, 2021

Begins

Dec 28, 2022

Discovered

Feb 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_04875273dd1e1a1a2023-02-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_daa3aa0104e5b9c12023-02-14 · +5dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_970b99429d0373eb2023-02-24 · +15dVerified
Washington State AGbd_3836f7bd09ba87fa2023-01-24 · +16dCandidate

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Maine State AGbd_7139625351e3a1122023-01-24 · +16dVerified

Name: Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
norm: zacks investment research
Domain: zacks.com

Name: Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
norm: zacks investment research
Domain: zacks.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 28, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2022
Undetected for: 422 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 10, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1071 Application Layer Protocol
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Implemented additional security measures to our network
Reset compromised passwords
Conducting an investigation
Consulting with outside cybersecurity expert
Changes made: Implementing additional measures to further enhance protocols for the protection of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Washington State AGJan 24 · first

Maine State AGJan 24 · first

California State AG+16d

Vermont State AG+16d · this page

Oregon State AG+21d

Delaware State AG+31d

Pattern: first filing Jan 24 (WA), last Feb 24 (DE) — a 31-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-02-09-zacks-investment-research-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2023
Raw hash: 4d9480a5a2027d54a38f829bd670adeea40cc6cb883a2da290066d3b78fa3e10

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityZacks Investment Research, Inc.

Victim entityZacks Investment Research, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2022

Stated responseImplemented additional security measures to our network

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov