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Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMedium

Capital Formation Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

Aug 23, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2978 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Capital Formation Group, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Capital Formation Group, Inc. experienced a phishing incident that was discovered on July 20, 2023. The breach, which occurred on February 8, 2023, affected 8 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. The company offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 20, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 23, 202334d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 162 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Feb 8, 2023

Begins

Jul 20, 2023

Discovered

Aug 23, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed297 affectedView incident

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.