UnknownFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Sterling Global Financial

bd_26fcca0a96dc3f3a · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 18, 2026

Filed

Aug 1, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sterling Global Financial →

Sterling Global Financial Limited notified Massachusetts residents of a security incident discovered on May 18, 2026. The company engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate and contain the breach. A data review concluded on July 23, 2026, confirming that personal information was affected. The company implemented additional security measures and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services via TransUnion. The specific type of personal information affected is redacted in the notice template.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

Incident timeline

May 18, 2026

Discovered

Aug 1, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by braincipher about this victim predates this filing by 40 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebraincipherbd_5f7cf64a2c8d81b62026-06-22 · +40dCandidate

Name: Sterling Global Financial
norm: sterling global financial
Domain: sterlinggloballtd.com

Name: Sterling Global Financial
norm: sterling global financial
Domain: sterlinggloballtd.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 18, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 21, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Took immediate steps to investigate, contain and eradicate the incident with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts
Implemented additional security measures to help protect the privacy of information stored on our systems
Changes made: Arranged for enrollment in comprehensive credit monitoring and identity restoration service for 12 months (extendable to 24 months) provided by TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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/2026-1407-sterling-global-financial-limited/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2026
Raw hash: 467291290850dfe04a4f5699b585b076a306107fbea4b75db121cea0b8181c75

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entitySterling Global Financial

Victim entitySterling Global Financial

Incidentdiscovered May 18, 2026

Stated responseTook immediate steps to investigate, contain and eradicate the incident with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov