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Sterling Global Financial

bd_33fa93935ebd2623 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 21, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected · nationwide

8,2031 in this filing

Linked

3 records

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for Sterling Global Financial →

Sterling Global Financial Limited reported a data breach to the Indiana Attorney General. The breach occurred on 2026-05-01 and was reported on 2026-08-21. 1 Indiana residents were affected. 8,203 individuals affected in total.

Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

May 1, 2026

Begins

Aug 21, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by braincipher about this victim was first seen 60 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 1 · first
Indiana State AG+20d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (MA), last Aug 21 (IN) — a 20-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.