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

7 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Zacks Investment Research, Inc. →

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 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · 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

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 39d gap

Maine State AGbd_7139625351e3a1122023-01-24 · +16dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_a608d12d69f6a4d22023-01-01 · +39dVerified by operator

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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Washington State AG+23d

Maine State AG+23d

California State AG+39d

Vermont State AG+39d · this page

Oregon State AG+44d

Delaware State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 24 (DE) — a 54-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 (6) · 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