P2020-ND-083

IPC Investment Corporation

On August 15, 2019, an advisor with the Organization prepared documents to send to a client for completion. The advisor entered the wrong email address for the client and the message was sent to an unknown party who had a similar email address. The breach was discovered on August 29, 2019 when the client reached out to the advisor to inquire about the documents that were to be sent by email. The Organization was unable to determine if the email account is active or if the owner opened the attachment.

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