Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

NettWorth Financial Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 20, 2024

Filed

Sep 11, 2024

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3981 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NettWorth Financial Group →4 incidents on file

NettWorth Financial Group, a Minnesota-based financial advisory firm, notified the Maine Attorney General of a data security incident affecting 398 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The breach involved unauthorized access to an employee email account, likely via phishing, exposing names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. NettWorth engaged forensic investigators, offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services, and implemented additional technical security measures.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 20, 2024 → Filed with AG Sep 11, 202483d ⏱ ME AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 83 days

Jun 18, 2024

Begins

Jun 20, 2024

Discovered

Sep 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_26f7f5eb04a4bf7e2024-09-11Verified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete

Name: NettWorth Financial Group
norm: nettworth financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 18, 2024
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 398state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure its environment and launched an investigation
Engaged an independent team to conduct a comprehensive review
Provided individuals with information about steps that they can take to help protect their personal information
Offering individuals complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX by Zerofox
Implemented additional technical security measures throughout the environment
Changes made: Implemented additional technical security measures throughout the environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(83 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 83d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 20, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Sep 11, 2024
83d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 20, 2024 → Filed with AG: Sep 11, 2024	83d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGSep 11 · first

Maine State AGSep 11 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0050a968-a66c-46df-b37d-16a56c55877b.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2024
Raw hash: d325e8fa74cfedf7be389dc3bf5ea1d86fd7e6dbdfbc274278b0232defc1da85

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityNettWorth Financial Group

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure its environment and launched an investigation

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov