HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Michael J. Skagen CFP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 3, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

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Michael J. Skagen CFP (via Cetera Advisors LLC) issued a Massachusetts breach notification on August 3, 2026, regarding unauthorized access to client information. The incident potentially exposed names and driver's license numbers. No evidence of misuse was found. The organization engaged third-party specialists, notified federal law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 3, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Michael J. Skagen CFP
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Name: Michael J. Skagen CFP
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Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 3, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: federal law enforcement and relevant regulatory authorities have been notified

During the incident: Worked with third-party specialists to conduct an investigation
Federal law enforcement and relevant regulatory authorities have been notified
Evaluating my existing security policies and procedures
Offering you twenty-four (24) months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity monitoring services through IDX
Changes made: Evaluating my existing security policies and procedures to help reduce the risk of a similar event occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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.mass.gov/doc/2026-1277-michael-j-skagen-cfp/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2026
Raw hash: 79b19945a5007c67254bb787e62a2657978ae2104bd1e6efcf38b4892d8ce144

Reporting entityMichael J. Skagen CFP

Victim entityMichael J. Skagen CFP

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseWorked with third-party specialists to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov