HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Hartmann Financial Advisors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 12, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hartmann Financial Advisors →2 incidents on file

CorrectionPublished Oct 10, 2026

The Montana Department of Justice register lists this notice on 2021-05-12. The notice letter is dated May 12, 2022, so we publish 2022-05-12 as the date it was filed.

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Hartmann Financial Advisors, LLC notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident where unauthorized actors accessed the network between Sept 29 and Oct 6, 2021. Personal info including SSNs, driver's licenses, and account numbers was potentially accessed. HFA engaged third-party investigators, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and offered 2 years of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

Sep 29, 2021

Begins

May 12, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecontibd_765cd397989305a32021-11-16 · +177dCandidate

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_eeaaeada23ea4d6f2022-05-12Verified

Name: Hartmann Financial Advisors
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Name: Hartmann Financial Advisors
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Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Sep 29, 2021 – Oct 6, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 12, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Interrupted the attack and preemptively shut down our network
Began working with cyber specialists to investigate the incident
Undertook an investigation of the incident with the guidance and assistance of a third-party cybersecurity firm
Immediately reset passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Changes made: Reviewing our existing security measures in place for enhancements to best prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Offering a complimentary two (2) year membership of Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGMay 12 · first

Montana State AGMay 12 · first · this page

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/Hartmann-Financial-Advisors-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2022
Raw hash: b61fb9220a1d15d7983acbf30b9abd3fdcadffb8113e1cdd5019d1e7ffc06808

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHartmann Financial Advisors

Victim entityHartmann Financial Advisors

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInterrupted the attack and preemptively shut down our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov