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CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

bd_a95f62f6f2279f59 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 25, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

80%

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

Cetera Financial Group reported an unauthorized person accessed a single employee email account between July 7 and August 21, 2025. The compromise was identified through suspicious activity monitoring; personal information of affected individuals was determined to be involved on or around January 30, 2026. Affected individuals were offered IDX credit and identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

Jul 7, 2025

Begins

Jan 30, 2026

Scope determined

Mar 25, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_38d64e1aec0e87c12026-03-25Verified
Vermont State AGbd_79058398589604ae2026-03-25Verified
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: Jan 30, 2026
Notification sent: Mar 25, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Submitted breach notification to California Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Took steps to assess and secure the email account and investigate the activity
Notifying potentially impacted parties to make them aware of what happened
Providing potentially impacted parties with resources they may consider
Offering complimentary access to credit and identity monitoring services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our existing policies and procedures, as appropriate
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

Vermont State AG+24d

Nebraska State AG+24d

Indiana State AG+24d

Maine State AG+24d

California 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-620788
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: cf02b4c25286d7cf69c48d51797e994dde267baa92aba78337d730ac0431251d

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 assess and secure the email account and investigate the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov