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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

APEX CLEARING CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2022

Filed

Dec 22, 2022

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

5,6247 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for APEX CLEARING CORPORATION

Apex Clearing Corporation, a financial services company, reported an external system breach (hacking) that occurred between March 27, 2022, and October 26, 2022. The breach was discovered on December 1, 2022. The compromised information includes financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. Seven Maine residents were among the 5,624 individuals affected. Apex Clearing Corporation offered 12 months of credit monitoring and Web Watcher services through Kroll to those affected.

Maine clockDiscovered Dec 1, 2022Filed with AG Dec 22, 202221d ME AG ≤30d21 days discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 249 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

Mar 27, 2022

Begins

Dec 1, 2022

Discovered

Dec 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

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Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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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.