HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Centinel Financial Group, LLC

bd_264d424921768957 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 29, 2024

Filed

Dec 19, 2024

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Centinel Financial Group, LLC →

Centinel Financial Group, LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a security incident involving an advisor's email account. Suspicious activity was identified on April 29, 2024. The investigation determined the account contained emails/attachments with personal information of 14 NH residents. No evidence of theft was found. Notifications were mailed on Dec 17, 2024, offering 1 year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 234 days

Apr 29, 2024

Discovered

Sep 18, 2024

Scope determined

Dec 19, 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_0e2299efc34e37902024-12-19Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_19b7c04fc5d82da72024-12-19Verified
Vermont State AGbd_1319b68447dec1b42024-12-18 · +1dCandidate

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: Sep 18, 2024
Notification sent: Dec 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Began an investigation
Worked to identify addresses for the individuals whose information was involved
Began mailing notification letters to the New Hampshire residents via U.S. mail
Offering notified individuals a complimentary membership to credit monitoring and identity protection services
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance its existing email controls
Will continue to monitor our advisors’ email accounts for any suspicious activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(234 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGDec 18 · first

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/centinel-financial-group-20241219.pdf
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: 63196e77e475597a29130b8f3751fef59e4bf7aae909d54c293bf5d58f7a9a0f

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov