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THE EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES CENTER, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 7, 2026

Filed

Feb 4, 2026

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for THE EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES CENTER, LLC

Edelman Financial Engines reported that on January 7, 2026, an unauthorized third party accessed personal information of some clients. The accessed data included name, date of birth, address, phone number, email, and financial planning information. For some individuals, Social Security numbers were also accessed. The company detected the activity, terminated access, and engaged external security experts. No EFE accounts were accessed. The company is offering 24 months of credit and identity monitoring services.

Vermont clock VT AG >14 bday28 days discovery → filing
occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

Jan 7, 2026

Begins

Jan 7, 2026

Discovered

Feb 4, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 7d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJan 28 · first
Nebraska State AGJan 28 · first
Vermont State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 28 (IN), last Feb 9 (NH) — a 12-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.