HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

The Institute for Financial Markets

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 8, 2015

Filed

May 12, 2015

To disclose

4 days

Affected · nationwide

2481 in this filing

Confidence

65%

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The Institute for Financial Markets experienced a data breach on May 8, 2015, when an external attacker exploited a vulnerability in their online shopping cart. The attack exposed credit card information for 248 individuals, including one New Hampshire resident. The vulnerability was patched and the shopping cart disabled. Forensic review was initiated, and affected individuals were notified and offered identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

May 8, 2015

Begins

May 8, 2015

Discovered

May 12, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed248 affectedView incident

Name: The Institute for Financial Markets
norm: the institute for financial markets
Domain: theifm.org

Name: The Institute for Financial Markets
norm: the institute for financial markets
Domain: theifm.org
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 8, 2015
Breach occurred: May 8, 2015 – May 8, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 12, 2015
Affected individuals: 248state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire State Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Changes were made to close the vulnerability
The shopping cart function has been disabled
Engaged a forensic team to complete its review
Provided notice to each of the individuals impacted
Offered a free, 12-month identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 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/institute-financial-markets-20150512.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2015
Raw hash: d2844709b57d6ec6168c5b3b7a5eb259f4e6488692a822beb3008def4d65021e

Reporting entityThe Institute for Financial Markets

Victim entityThe Institute for Financial Markets

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2015

Stated responseChanges were made to close the vulnerability

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov