HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedFinancialFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPCIMediumContained

The Financial Guys

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 9, 2026

Filed

Aug 7, 2026

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for The Financial Guys →

The Financial Guys, LLC notified Massachusetts residents that a strategic partner/vendor experienced a data incident. On July 9, 2026, the company identified suspicious activity affecting a portion of the vendor's network. An unauthorized actor gained access to a single system within the network. Potentially affected information includes names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, account numbers, and other financial information. The company contained the incident, reset credentials, and is offering free identity monitoring through Kroll.

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Massachusetts clock✓ MA AG ≤30d29 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jul 9, 2026

Discovered

Aug 7, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed17 affectedView incident

Name: The Financial Guys
norm: the financial guys
Domain: thefinancialguys.com

Name: The Financial Guys
norm: the financial guys
Domain: thefinancialguys.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 9, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: FinancialFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPCI
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified relevant government agencies of this Incident
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Changed passwords
Proactively taking systems offline
Disabling remote access
Employing advanced security and detection software
Engaging cybersecurity and privacy professionals to assist in our response
Isolating the affected system
Rotating user credentials
Implementing additional security measures
Engaged data security and privacy professionals to aid in our response and notify affected individuals and relevant government agencies of this Incident
Changes made: Offering identity monitoring services at no cost for <<ServiceTerminMonths>> months through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-1307-the-financial-guys-llc-and-affiliates/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2026
Raw hash: df3a0d5218b092002b1f454e19d9b1e5940bd5d0ac02a05a67b4a6c4a67541f6

Reporting entityThe Financial Guys

Victim entityThe Financial Guys

Incidentdiscovered Jul 9, 2026

Stated responseChanged passwords

ComplianceMA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov