HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMinorMediumContained

McKell Financial

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 17, 2024

Filed

Oct 8, 2024

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for McKell Financial →

McKell Financial Group experienced a data security incident where an unauthorized party accessed an individual's email mailbox. The company became aware of suspicious activity on June 17, 2024. The breach occurred on June 7, 2024. Personal information of clients, employees, and dependents (including minors) may have been acquired, including names, SSNs, and financial account details. The company engaged independent investigators, secured the email tenant, and offered credit monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 17, 2024 → Notified Oct 4, 2024109d ✗ CA 60-day late16 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Jun 7, 2024

Begins

Jun 17, 2024

Discovered

Oct 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_194a8eeca760ce532024-10-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2d501929fb7f4adb2024-10-08Verified

Name: McKell Financial
norm: mckell financial
Domain: mckellfinancial.com

Name: McKell Financial
norm: mckell financial
Domain: mckellfinancial.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 7, 2024
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMinor
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with California Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to ensure the security of our email tenant
Launched an investigation to determine what happened
Engaged an independent team to conduct a comprehensive review of all potentially affected data
Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(113 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 109d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 17, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 4, 2024
109d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 17, 2024 → Notified: Oct 4, 2024	109d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGOct 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 8 · first

California State AGOct 8 · first · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-593058
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2024
Raw hash: 88838857ba262a93743514fef11d6fe9e9460905825bda708d272be51f9e54d0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcKell Financial

Victim entityMcKell Financial

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to ensure the security of our email tenant

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov