Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

HD Vest Investment Services (2)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2016

Filed

Oct 5, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for HD Vest Investment Services (2) →4 incidents on file

HD Vest Investment Services notified clients in Montana that an advisor received a phishing message on or around July 28, 2016, granting an unauthorized individual remote access to her computer until August 1, 2016. The attacker potentially accessed names, addresses, DOBs, phone numbers, and SSNs. HD Vest offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Jul 28, 2016

Begins

Aug 1, 2016

Discovered

Oct 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_e83b554b0e1ed6682016-10-05Verified

Name: HD Vest Investment Services (2)
norm: hd vest investment services 2

Name: HD Vest Investment Services (2)
norm: hd vest investment services 2
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Jul 28, 2016 – Aug 1, 2016
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Offering a complimentary one-year membership in ID Experts credit monitoring and resolution services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 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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New Hampshire State AGOct 5 · first

Montana State AGOct 5 · 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/HD-Vest-Investment-Services-2.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2016
Raw hash: a7ee7577ebe75481ee8ae203858125eb3c8e5a27299fd856c0afea780e165f07

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHD Vest Investment Services (2)

Victim entityHD Vest Investment Services (2)

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2016

Stated responseOffering a complimentary one-year membership in ID Experts credit monitoring and resolution services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov