MalwareFinancial ServicesHealthcareFinanceRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Sequoia Financial Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 2, 2021

Filed

Sep 2, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

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Sequoia Financial Services experienced a ransomware attack between June 28 and July 1, 2021, discovered on July 2, 2021. The attacker encrypted systems and potentially exfiltrated personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, insurance policy numbers, and limited health information. The attack was blocked by anti-malware software, and systems were restored without paying the ransom. The company is offering 24 months of identity monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 2, 2021 → Notified Aug 30, 202159d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Jun 28, 2021

Begins

Jul 2, 2021

Discovered

Sep 2, 2021

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Sequoia Financial Services
norm: sequoia financial

Name: Sequoia Financial Services
norm: sequoia financial
Industry: Financial ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 1, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 30, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Blocked the attack by anti-malware software
Restored computers without paying the attackers
Working with law enforcement
Working with Experian to address this data security incident
Offering a complimentary 24-month membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Increasing hardware and software defenses against these rampant attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 59d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 2, 2021
→ Notified: Aug 30, 2021
59d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 2, 2021 → Notified: Aug 30, 2021	59d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-544902
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 2, 2021
Raw hash: b2e35d6884cf06b670efcf4424e94991658cd050b4208a4a6d114017f1b4f56b

Reporting entitySequoia Financial Services

Victim entitySequoia Financial Services

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2021

Stated responseBlocked the attack by anti-malware software

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov