HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC

bd_df9c436a305a1e36 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 26, 2023

Filed

Jul 5, 2023

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC →2 incidents on file

Wealth Enhancement Group notified NH DOJ of a security incident where an unauthorized person accessed a standalone server, potentially exposing PII of 8 NH residents. Access likely occurred around April 4, 2023. WEG engaged forensic investigators, secured the server, and mailed notices on June 28, 2023, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 22 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Apr 4, 2023

Begins

Apr 26, 2023

Discovered

Jun 1, 2023

Scope determined

Jul 5, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by raworld about this victim predates this filing by 69 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteraworldbd_fd354b57365115962023-04-27 · +69dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_f2d797857b074c352023-06-29 · +6dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_27a1e75441f137d22023-06-28 · +7dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b07ffe3bf18ebe1a2023-06-28 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_fb5f3b6c25e6a5262023-06-28 · +7dVerified

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 8d gap

Montana State AGbd_09230b175b6769862023-06-27 · +8dCandidate

Name: Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC
norm: wealth enhancement
Domain: wealthenhancement.com

Name: Wealth Enhancement Group, LLC
norm: wealth enhancement
Domain: wealthenhancement.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 4, 2023 – Apr 24, 2023
Undetected for: 22 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jun 1, 2023
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2023
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged outside counsel
Retained a leading digital-forensics firm to assist them in the investigation
Engaged a data-review firm to determine what personal information, if any, was in those files
Secured the server to help ensure that the unauthorized person no longer had access
Engaged outside information security and technology experts to assist in our review and investigation of the incident
Engaged internal information security and technology experts
Notified law enforcement
Started mailing individual written notice to the affected individuals
Sent a letter to the three main Consumer Reporting Agencies (Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax)
Changes made: Reviewed and implemented additional options to enhance our technology and security practices to reduce the risk of a similar situation occurring in the future
Offering a complimentary 24 month credit monitoring and identity theft protection package through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJun 27 · first

Vermont State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 27 (MT), last Jul 5 (NH) — a 8-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/wealth-enhancement-group-20230705.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 5, 2023
Raw hash: 76f9ffa567c18779ff16f6bee9d88fd0c6492076a45ebf7eaa4740cbbcc50c9e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWealth Enhancement Group, LLC

Victim entityWealth Enhancement Group, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 26, 2023

Stated responseEngaged outside counsel

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov