HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

GAIN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2020

Filed

Jun 22, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for GAIN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC →2 incidents on file

GAIN Capital Group, LLC experienced unauthorized access to computer servers between April 14 and April 18, 2020. The company first detected suspicious activity on April 15, 2020. Customer data, including names and other information (SSN excluded), was potentially accessed. The incident was contained, and enhanced monitoring was deployed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Apr 14, 2020

Begins

Apr 15, 2020

Discovered

Jun 22, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_bbbf4728db5d0f542020-06-22Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_bc4223f9d27ea9ba2020-06-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_da0f2d32666af4b12020-06-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f926992cad90808c2020-06-23 · +1dVerified

Name: GAIN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
norm: gain capital

Name: GAIN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
norm: gain capital
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2020 – Apr 18, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Started an investigation with the assistance of a leading cyber security firm
Secured the involved servers and took them offline
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures, including the deployment of enhanced monitoring and alerting software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJun 22 · first

Indiana State AGJun 22 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 22 · first

California State AGJun 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/sb24-191230
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2020
Raw hash: 0152ec6705f75a278a1a2bb627bef4febbba6907d705fb60e314819768ef5a52

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGAIN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

Victim entityGAIN CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2020

Stated responseStarted an investigation with the assistance of a leading cyber security firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov