HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Centinel Financial Group, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 29, 2024

Filed

Dec 19, 2024

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3272 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Centinel Financial Group, LLC →

Centinel Financial Group, LLC reported an unauthorized access to an advisor's email account on April 29, 2024. The breach was discovered on September 18, 2024, affecting 327 individuals including 2 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. Notifications were sent on December 17, 2024, with one year of credit monitoring offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Apr 29, 2024 → Filed with AG Dec 19, 2024234d ✗ ME AG >90d13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 234 days

Apr 29, 2024

Begins

Apr 29, 2024

Discovered

Dec 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19b7c04fc5d82da72024-12-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_264d4249217689572024-12-19Verified
Vermont State AGbd_1319b68447dec1b42024-12-18 · +1dCandidate

Name: Centinel Financial Group, LLC
norm: centinel financial
Industry: Financial Services

Name: Centinel Financial Group, LLC
norm: centinel financial
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 29, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 327state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Began an investigation
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Offered complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance existing email controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 234dME resident >180d · 232d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Apr 29, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Dec 19, 2024
234d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Apr 29, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 17, 2024
232d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Apr 29, 2024 → Filed with AG: Dec 19, 2024	234d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Apr 29, 2024 → Notified: Dec 17, 2024	232d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGDec 18 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · 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/d078e326-7107-47ab-bf20-dc3baac4b782.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 19, 2024
Raw hash: 735c0f74286cd892f4060f4ba6c4fbf47eabad848ee25c279508928f97ba3c5c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentinel Financial Group, LLC

Victim entityCentinel Financial Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov