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HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedFinancialIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

THE EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES CENTER, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Feb 5, 2026

To disclose

Affected

26state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for THE EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES CENTER, LLC

Edelman Financial Engines reported that an unauthorized third party accessed personal information on January 7, 2026. The accessed data included names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and financial planning information. Some records also contained Social Security numbers. The company promptly terminated the access and engaged external security experts. Affected individuals are offered 24 months of credit and identity monitoring. The incident affected residents of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Incident timeline

Jan 7, 2026

Begins

Feb 5, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 8d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJan 28 · first
Nebraska State AGJan 28 · first
Massachusetts State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 28 (IN), last Feb 9 (NH) — a 12-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.