HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Mar 25, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

96state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. →7 incidents on file

Cetera Financial Group notified 96 Vermont residents of an unauthorized access incident involving a single employee email account. The unauthorized access occurred between July 7, 2025, and August 21, 2025. Affected data included names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and financial account information. The company secured the account, notified law enforcement, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Jul 7, 2025

Begins

Mar 25, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_38d64e1aec0e87c12026-03-25Verified
California State AGbd_a95f62f6f2279f592026-03-25Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_b232078529a074612026-03-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b2cf5e2691400e242026-03-25Verified

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Maine State AGbd_c8e60806383a31ea2026-03-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a989d5443a1c83de2026-03-24 · +1dVerified
Texas State AGbd_05000564b48b0cef2026-03-27 · +2dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_cb620fafd1e856a02026-03-01 · +24dVerified

Name: CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
norm: cetera financial
Domain: cetera.com

Name: CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
norm: cetera financial
Domain: cetera.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 7, 2025 – Aug 21, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 25, 2026
Affected individuals: 96state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementProviding notice of the Event to relevant regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure their systems
Assessed the security of CFG systems
Investigated the activity to determine what happened
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the Event
Providing notice of the Event to relevant regulators
Providing notice of the Event to the three major credit reporting agencies
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services for 12 or 24 months, through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing its existing policies and procedures relating to data and cyber security
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.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGMar 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+23d

Massachusetts State AG+24d

California State AG+24d

Nebraska State AG+24d

Indiana State AG+24d

Maine State AG+24d

Vermont State AG+24d · this page

Texas State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Mar 1 (IL), last Mar 27 (TX) — a 26-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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-03-25-cetera-financial-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 25, 2026
Raw hash: 830f4394352675571b93cc4ccd7fd8e42471f36d7ca6510731d0732acdf66912

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

Victim entityCETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTook steps to secure their systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov