Apex Clearing Corporation

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Apex Clearing Corporation on December 22, 2022. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to Apex’s systems using credentials from Vimvest Securities, LLC d/b/a Monorail Securities, occurred between March 27, 2022, and October 26, 2022, potentially affecting the personal information of 7 Maine residents.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/858a231c-2e42-43e0-b698-db048fc88ca8.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/apex-fintech

"id": "ape837072725",
"linkid": "apex-fintech",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2022",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 7,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Apex Clearing Corporation',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 7,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'date_detected': '2022-10-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-12-22',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Apex Clearing Corporation on December 22, '
                '2022. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to '
                'Apex’s systems using credentials from Vimvest Securities, LLC '
                'd/b/a Monorail Securities, occurred between March 27, 2022, '
                'and October 26, 2022, potentially affecting the personal '
                'information of 7 Maine residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Compromised Credentials'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-12-22',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Apex Clearing Corporation',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Compromised Credentials'}