HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Waddell & Associates, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 16, 2025

Filed

Oct 16, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Waddell & Associates, LLC →2 incidents on file

Waddell & Associates, LLC reported a data security incident to the Nebraska Attorney General on January 12, 2026. The breach, discovered on October 16, 2025, involved unauthorized access to files containing names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. One Nebraska resident was affected. Waddell engaged a third-party forensic firm, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

Oct 16, 2025

Discovered

Oct 16, 2025

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Waddell & Associates, LLC
norm: waddell associates

Name: Waddell & Associates, LLC
norm: waddell associates

Discovered: Oct 16, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 12, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Took steps to secure our systems
A third-party forensic firm was engaged to assist in the investigation
Implemented additional security measures to help secure its systems and prevent future unauthorized access
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to help secure its systems and prevent future unauthorized access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/60ca6d5d-378b-4ce7-a025-9e46f198cecf.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2025
Raw hash: 239e5b8b452361b021cab1bf14ee75a4ed5e66d340ecf8a43bee11b7e8aa7cd6

Reporting entityWaddell & Associates, LLC

Victim entityWaddell & Associates, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 16, 2025

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov