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CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 30, 2026

Filed

Mar 27, 2026

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

42,9471,398 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.7 incidents on file

Cetera Financial Group based in San Diego, California, a financial services entity reported a data breach to the Texas Attorney General. The breach was discovered on 2026-01-30 and reported on 2026-03-27. 1,398 Texas residents were affected. 42,947 individuals affected in total. Types of information involved: Name of individual;Address;Social Security Number Information;Driver’s License number;Financial Information (e.g. account number, credit or debit card number). Consumers were notified via U.S. Mail.

Incident timeline

undetected · 207 days
discovery → filing · ≤ 8 weeks / 56 days

Jul 7, 2025

Begins

Jan 30, 2026

Discovered

Mar 27, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Show 4 more filingsup to 26d gap

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Mar 1 (IL), last Mar 27 (TX) — a 26-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.