MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Smith Brothers Insurance LLC

bd_fee15abdbc93daf9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2022

Filed

Jul 3, 2023

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Smith Brothers Insurance LLC →

Smith Brothers Insurance LLC notified Vermont AG on 2023-07-03 regarding a data security incident discovered on 2022-08-18. Malware was detected on systems, leading to unauthorized access to personal information including names. The company engaged independent cybersecurity experts, notified the FBI, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday46 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 319 days

Aug 18, 2022

Discovered

Jun 27, 2023

Scope determined

Jul 3, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_06e8dca1b18385762023-07-03Verified
Maine State AGbd_0a5dee64f750c82f2023-07-03Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_d0ff95793983cfc32023-07-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_eba31cb5d626b85b2023-07-03Verified

Name: Smith Brothers Insurance LLC
norm: smith brothers insurance

Name: Smith Brothers Insurance LLC
norm: smith brothers insurance
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2022
Materiality determined: Jun 27, 2023
Notification sent: Jul 3, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Engaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to determine what happened and identify any information that may have been impacted
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation of this incident and will cooperate with any resulting investigation
Offering 12/24 months of complimentary credit and identity monitoring services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented enhanced technical security measures to minimize the chance that an incident like this could occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(319 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 3 · first

Maine State AGJul 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 3 · first

Indiana State AGJul 3 · first

Vermont State AGJul 3 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-07-03-smith-brothers-insurance-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 3, 2023
Raw hash: 41a2764ae2c85bcdf7a30f550914328709acb42df081a82ed94a77148b64b30d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySmith Brothers Insurance LLC

Victim entitySmith Brothers Insurance LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2022

Stated responseEngaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to determine what happened and identify any information that may have been impacted

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov