HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsMediumContained

Opes Advisors, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2016

Filed

Jul 14, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Opes Advisors, Inc. →

Opes Advisors notified clients that email login credentials were compromised on May 26, 2016, allowing an outside party access to one specific account. The incident involved an attempted wire fraud which was prevented. Affected data may include names, social security numbers, and emailed documents. The company changed passwords, engaged forensic specialists, and offered identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

May 26, 2016

Begins

May 26, 2016

Discovered

Jul 14, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e348bbf7697aea02016-07-18 · +4dVerified

Name: Opes Advisors, Inc.
norm: opes advisors

Name: Opes Advisors, Inc.
norm: opes advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 26, 2016
Breach occurred: May 26, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the password for the email account
Began monitoring the account for any unusual activity
Engaged a forensic specialist to assist with our investigation
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures
Strengthening password requirements
Offering one-year membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGJul 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/sb24-62850
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 14, 2016
Raw hash: e6c65381d20b1815498a539e4f33af78f538817e27e0cf62d18383598f3f1177

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOpes Advisors, Inc.

Victim entityOpes Advisors, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2016

Stated responseChanged the password for the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov