HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Kestler Financial Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 25, 2019

Filed

Nov 7, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kestler Financial Group, Inc. →

Kestler Financial Group, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to an employee email account. Access likely occurred Aug 7–Sep 5, 2019. Investigation confirmed names, SSNs, and financial account info of 6 NH residents were exposed. Notification letters mailed Nov 6, 2019, offering 1-year credit monitoring. Remediation included MFA implementation and password resets.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 49 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Aug 7, 2019

Begins

Sep 25, 2019

Discovered

Nov 7, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_47601ae7a916ca632019-11-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Kestler Financial Group, Inc.
norm: kestler financial

Name: Kestler Financial Group, Inc.
norm: kestler financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 25, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2019 – Sep 5, 2019
Undetected for: 49 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2019
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the advisor's account
Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Conducted a comprehensive review of the emails and attachments in the account for personal information
Established a dedicated call center
Offering the individuals a complimentary, one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Implementing additional procedures to further expand and strengthen its security processes
Password resets
Implementation of multi-factor authentication
Providing continued education and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 6 · first

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/kestler-financial-20191107.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 7, 2019
Raw hash: ddf8b37bb5015509179c0ab7cb46d0b0702b2117a0ab1c1ef7eae65d1b74919c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKestler Financial Group, Inc.

Victim entityKestler Financial Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 25, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the advisor's account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov