MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareCapture Stored DataRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedPIILowContained

Populus Financial Group, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

May 23, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

82%

Full breach record for Populus Financial Group, Inc. →

On March 9, 2023, Alvaria, Inc., a workforce management and call center technology company, suffered a ransomware attack on a portion of its customer environment. The attacker obtained and exfiltrated data associated with Populus Financial Group customers. Alvaria secured networks, restored systems via backups, engaged forensic experts, and notified the FBI. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of Experian credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Mar 9, 2023

Begins

May 23, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by hive about this victim predates this filing by 152 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a9fa9e830e6961f2023-05-23Verified
Oregon State AGbd_3527443884383bd82023-05-23Candidate
Maine State AGbd_cfb272b73a096e452023-05-23Verified

Name: Populus Financial Group, Inc.
norm: populus financial

Name: Populus Financial Group, Inc.
norm: populus financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2023 – Mar 10, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 23, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Third party: via Alvaria, Inc.

During the incident: Immediately secured our networks
Safely restored our systems and operations via viable backups
Initiated an investigation of the incident with the assistance of forensic experts
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Providing affected individuals with access to 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian at no charge
Changes made: Implemented measures to further improve the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 23 · first

Oregon State AGMay 23 · first

Maine State AGMay 23 · first

California State AGMay 23 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-567145
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2023
Raw hash: c973327238154ac546d35132b9dcb9303a584aaccddb8fe30b0eb1dfd84df6dd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPopulus Financial Group, Inc.

Victim entityPopulus Financial Group, Inc.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseImmediately secured our networks

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov