HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 26, 2023

Filed

Jun 28, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC →2 incidents on file

Wealth Enhancement Group notified consumers of a cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone server in an advisor office. Unauthorized access occurred around April 24, 2023. Data potentially accessed included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday9 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

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Apr 24, 2023

Begins

Apr 26, 2023

Discovered

Jun 28, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by raworld about this victim was first seen 53 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteraworldbd_fd354b57365115962023-04-27 · +62dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b07ffe3bf18ebe1a2023-06-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fb5f3b6c25e6a5262023-06-28Verified
Maine State AGbd_f2d797857b074c352023-06-29 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_09230b175b6769862023-06-27 · +1dCandidate

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New Hampshire State AGbd_df9c436a305a1e362023-07-05 · +7dVerified

Name: Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC
norm: wealth enhancement
Domain: wealthenhancement.com

Name: Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC
norm: wealth enhancement
Domain: wealthenhancement.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 24, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 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: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the server to help ensure that the unauthorized person no longer had access
Engaged outside information security and technology experts to assist in our review and investigation of the incident
Notified law enforcement
Offering a complimentary 24 month credit monitoring and identity theft protection package through Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Reviewed and implemented additional options to enhance our technology and security practices to reduce the risk of a similar situation occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bdayLeak >30d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGJun 27 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d · this page

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Jun 27 (MT), last Jul 5 (NH) — a 8-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/2023-06-28-wealth-enhancement-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: Jun 28, 2023
Raw hash: eddae4af3d58387e83b9e01fe6ce175054c5828ab39bc726b93da048ef3359cf

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWealth Enhancement Group, LLC

Victim entityWealth Enhancement Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 26, 2023

Stated responseSecured the server to help ensure that the unauthorized person no longer had access

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov