Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Centinel Financial Group, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 29, 2024

Filed

Dec 18, 2024

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Centinel Financial Group, LLC →

Centinel Financial Group LLC notified consumers of a security incident identified on April 29, 2024, involving unauthorized access to an advisor's email account via a suspicious email. The incident potentially exposed personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, financial account numbers, and Social Security numbers. The company engaged Kroll for identity monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday33 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 233 days

Apr 29, 2024

Discovered

Dec 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 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

Maine State AGbd_0e2299efc34e37902024-12-19 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_19b7c04fc5d82da72024-12-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_264d4249217689572024-12-19 · +1dVerified

Name: Centinel Financial Group, LLC
norm: centinel financial

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

Discovered: Apr 29, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 18, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security
Continued to monitor our advisors’ email accounts for any suspicious activity
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security
Continued to monitor our advisors’ email accounts for any suspicious activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(233 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGDec 18 · first · this page

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-18-centinel-financial-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2024
Raw hash: ea383784a4dba0e5f139f0a492e9757673e8ce59a3dec3d656e0698ec75bbe2f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentinel Financial Group, LLC

Victim entityCentinel Financial Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 29, 2024

Stated responseSecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov