HackingFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumContained

Christian Investors Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 14, 2019

Filed

Aug 23, 2019

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Christian Investors Financial →

Christian Investors Financial, Inc. notified the NH AG of a suspected email compromise affecting 2 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred April 23-May 14, 2019. Data potentially exposed included SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and credentials. The company engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Apr 23, 2019

Begins

May 14, 2019

Discovered

Aug 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Christian Investors Financial
norm: christian investors financial
Domain: christianinvestors.org

Name: Christian Investors Financial
norm: christian investors financial
Domain: christianinvestors.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 14, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2019 – May 14, 2019
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 23, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Shut down unauthorized access
Contracted with a third-party forensic firm to investigate the incident
Contracted with third-party experts to review the email account for content and/or attachments
Retained Epiq Corporate Services, Inc. to assist with notification
Changes made: Tightened security over the email account
Actively enhancing data security procedures
Implemented security measures designed to prevent a recurrence
Offered complimentary credit monitoring service for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/christian-investors-financial-20190823.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2019
Raw hash: 35066fcc395157a0ba9bd40b6fc4e8028935a640c7e8773d2201c67122b68261

Reporting entityChristian Investors Financial

Victim entityChristian Investors Financial

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2019

Stated responseShut down unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov