Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingBECRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

CJS Financial Corp.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 4, 2019

Filed

Jul 23, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Symmetry Partners notified Montana residents that CJS Financial Corp. experienced a Business Email Compromise (BEC) incident. Between March 29 and May 6, 2019, fraudulent emails appeared to originate from CJS Financial, leading to fraudulent distribution orders for six customers. Stroz Friedberg determined the emails likely originated from CJS Financial's system. Personal data including SSNs, account info, and names/addresses were potentially accessed. Symmetry engaged forensic experts and notified the FBI.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 67 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Mar 29, 2019

Begins

Jun 4, 2019

Discovered

Jul 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Symmetry Partners, LLC
norm: symmetry partners

Name: CJS Financial Corp.
norm: cjs financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 4, 2019
Breach occurred: Mar 29, 2019 – May 6, 2019
Undetected for: 67 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 23, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the FBIWorking with the Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Hired a leading third-party computer forensic expert, Stroz Friedberg, to review its systems
Contacted the FBI
Working with the Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut and E*Trade
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-48.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 23, 2019
Raw hash: 112e8aa77eb6aa69a63766af7b48821ac9d2e376f52a7bcf73433a4d46c5b58d

Reporting entitySymmetry Partners, LLC

Victim entityCJS Financial Corp.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 4, 2019

Stated responseHired a leading third-party computer forensic expert, Stroz Friedberg, to review its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov