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THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

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Filed

Apr 20, 2018

To disclose

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Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. →42 incidents on file

The Vanguard Group, Inc. reported a data breach to the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. The breach was reported on 2018-04-20. 1 Massachusetts residents were affected. The report records the breach type as electronic.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 20, 2018

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGApr 6 · first
Massachusetts State AG+14d · this page
Massachusetts State AG+56d

Pattern: first filing Apr 6 (MA), last Jun 1 (MA) — a 56-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.