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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Other Commercial
- Entity Name: Zacks Investment Research, Inc.
- Street Address: 10 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1600
- City: Chicago
- State, or Country if outside the US: IL
- Zip Code: 60606
Submitted By
- Name: Brittany Martin
- Title: Attorney-Outside Counsel
- Firm name (if different than entity): Burke, Warren MacKay & Serritella
- Telephone Number: 312-630-9880
- Email Address: bmartin@burkelaw.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Attorney-Outside Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 820,000
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 3,134
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified: Yes
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 11/2021 to 8/2022
- Date Breach Discovered: 12/28/2022
- Description of the Breach:
- Other, External system breach (hacking)
- If other, please specify: Information acquired was name, address, phone number, email address, and password used for Zacks.com.
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with:
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 1/27/2023
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: 1-24-2023 Maine Sample Notice.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
- Were identity theft protection services offered: No
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: