HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

NEXT Financial Group, Inc.

bd_cc02b0b9a7470ccd · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 10, 2023

Filed

Nov 6, 2023

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for NEXT Financial Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Next Financial Group, Inc. notified New Hampshire residents on November 6, 2023, of unauthorized access to a professional's computer discovered on May 10, 2023. Approximately 19 NH residents were affected. The incident involved potential access to client information via valid credentials. NFG engaged outside cybersecurity specialists, reported to federal law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring through Experian.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 180 days

May 10, 2023

Discovered

Nov 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_2118830edc84d1ba2023-11-06Candidate
Maine State AGbd_8a5a25321b5904462023-11-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a80ee9437d6863de2023-11-06Verified

Name: NEXT Financial Group, Inc.
norm: next financial

Name: NEXT Financial Group, Inc.
norm: next financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 10, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the event to federal law enforcementproviding written notice of this event to appropriate state regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with outside cybersecurity specialists
Reported the event to federal law enforcement
Assess the security of its systems
Identify potentially affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for , through Experian
Established a toll-free assistance line
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our technical and administrative safeguards
Reviewing and enhancing our information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(180 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGNov 6 · first

Maine State AGNov 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 6 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/next-financial-group-20231106.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2023
Raw hash: e778774e804bd96c1434f71857cc9c60cc32598fb3cc070fe8d2d7e59a911be3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNEXT Financial Group, Inc.

Victim entityNEXT Financial Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with outside cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov