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Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 13, 2026

Filed

May 20, 2026

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for LPL FINANCIAL LLC37 incidents on file

LPL Financial LLC reported a cybersecurity incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General on May 20, 2026. A threat actor used social engineering (phishing) to gain unauthorized access to an advisor's LPL portal account on January 8, 2026. The actor initiated an unauthorized ACH transfer from one client account, which was fully reimbursed. The incident resulted in the exposure of one New Hampshire resident's PII, including SSN, account numbers, and contact info. LPL contained the breach by January 23, 2026, and offered two years of credit monitoring to the affected individual.

Leak gap clock Leak >180d18 weeks discovery → filing
unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days
discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Jan 8, 2026

Begins

Jan 13, 2026

Discovered

May 20, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by cephalus about this victim predates this filing by 266 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGApr 22 · first
Maine State AGApr 22 · first
New Hampshire State AG+28d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 22 (MA), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 75-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.