HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

NEXT Financial Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 10, 2023

Filed

Nov 6, 2023

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for NEXT Financial Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Next Financial Group, Inc. notified consumers of a May 10, 2023 incident involving unauthorized access to a professional's computer. The breach potentially exposed names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account information. NFG engaged outside cybersecurity specialists, reported to federal law enforcement, and offered complimentary credit monitoring via Experian. The exact scope of affected individuals was undetermined due to data unavailability.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday26 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 · 26 weeks / 180 days

May 10, 2023

Discovered

Nov 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 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_8a5a25321b5904462023-11-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a80ee9437d6863de2023-11-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cc02b0b9a7470ccd2023-11-06Verified

Name: NEXT Financial Group, Inc.
norm: next financial

Name: NEXT Financial Group, Inc.
norm: next financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 10, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the event to federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with outside cybersecurity specialists
Reported the event to federal law enforcement
Offering you access to ## months of complimentary monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our technical and administrative safeguards
Enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(180 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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Maine State AGNov 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 6 · first

Vermont State AGNov 6 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-06-next-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: Nov 6, 2023
Raw hash: f0cdaeadbabf4c30f4fb6d026244c578ba49377348719597c1e428a5feb3d096

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNEXT Financial Group, Inc.

Victim entityNEXT Financial Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with outside cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov