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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

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Capital Formation Group, Inc. →2 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

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 27d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGJul 27 · first
Maine State AGJul 27 · first
Massachusetts State AGJul 27 · first
New Hampshire State AGJul 27 · first
New Hampshire State AG+27d
Maine State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (VT), last Aug 23 (ME) — a 27-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.