HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)N-DayData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIGovernment IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Advantage Gold

bd_6e5ed94e189888b5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 29, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

78%

Full breach record for Advantage Gold →

Advantage Gold notified the California AG of a data breach in which threat actors exploited a vulnerability in third-party firewall software to gain unauthorized access to its networks. The incident occurred in late Q3/early Q4 2025. Affected data includes names, addresses, contact information, limited SSNs, and limited custodian account numbers. Advantage Gold engaged outside cybersecurity experts and is offering 24 months of complimentary Experian IdentityWorks to affected individuals.

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California clockConsumers notified Mar 27, 2026 → AG copy submitted Mar 29, 20262d ✓ CA AG copy ≤15d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Jul 1, 2025

Begins

Mar 29, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_169b81ebe56ee4282026-03-29Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_3b1861f37409e0912026-03-29Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_afb5ebc07d7af1682026-03-29Verified
Texas State AGbd_cde4ae1eb82122782026-03-30 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e831c4d2bbadd0fa2026-03-30 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b4195eb2e9c942e92026-03-27 · +2dVerified

Name: Advantage Gold
norm: advantage gold
Domain: advantagegold.com

Name: Advantage Gold
norm: advantage gold
Domain: advantagegold.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 27, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIGovernment IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately engaged outside cybersecurity and IT experts to help investigate and contain the incident
Retained outside cybersecurity counsel to assist in fulfilling obligations to affected individuals
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: CA AG copy ≤15d · 2d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Consumers notified: Mar 27, 2026
→ AG copy submitted: Mar 29, 2026
2d 15 calendar days CA AG copy ≤15d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Consumers notified: Mar 27, 2026 → AG copy submitted: Mar 29, 2026	2d	15 calendar days	CA AG copy ≤15d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Indiana State AGMar 27 · first

Maine State AG+2d

Vermont State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+2d · this page

Texas State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+3d

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/sb24-621025
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 29, 2026
Raw hash: de1f88a4969a274d1a12701f0c0bd1f02810490a8efb218b91d3abe6646c14fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvantage Gold

Victim entityAdvantage Gold

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately engaged outside cybersecurity and IT experts to help investigate and contain the incident

ComplianceCA AG copy ≤15d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov