HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Capital Formation Group, Inc.

bd_f8b3c0f148ca2f42 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 20, 2023

Filed

Jan 16, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Capital Formation Group, Inc. notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account between Sept 19 and Oct 26, 2023. Discovered Nov 20, 2023. 2 NH residents affected. No evidence of mailbox download. Response included forensic investigation, password resets, MFA resets, and credit monitoring offers.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Sep 19, 2023

Begins

Nov 20, 2023

Discovered

Jan 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_18b746ad0699fe8c2024-01-09 · +7dCandidate

Name: Capital Formation Group, Inc.
norm: capital formation
Domain: capformgroup.com

Name: Capital Formation Group, Inc.
norm: capital formation
Domain: capformgroup.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Sep 19, 2023 – Oct 26, 2023
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 9, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensic team to conduct a thorough investigation
Notified law enforcement
Changed account passwords
Reset multi-factor authentication
Began providing notice to the potentially affected individuals via U.S. mail
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Changed account passwords
Reset multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGJan 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 9 (ME), last Jan 16 (NH) — a 7-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/capital-formation-group-20240116.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 16, 2024
Raw hash: 40d7094feda88adaee39feac4aa3818a1c1529a872cc8052b031afdf7f25691a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCapital Formation Group, Inc.

Victim entityCapital Formation Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 20, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensic team to conduct a thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov