Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Capital Formation Group, Inc.

bd_fa31d69264901398 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 14, 2023

Filed

Jul 27, 2023

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Capital Formation Group notified New Hampshire residents of a phishing incident where an employee's email account was compromised between Feb 8-14, 2023. The company reported to law enforcement, offered credit monitoring via Experian, and enhanced email security. One NH resident was affected.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 163 days

Feb 8, 2023

Begins

Feb 14, 2023

Discovered

Jul 10, 2023

Scope determined

Jul 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_868d9b732566467c2023-07-27Candidate
Maine State AGbd_ddf7b74597ea8c092023-07-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_df2ac474386c89e32023-07-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_27c0533575d915b62023-08-23 · +27dVerified

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: Feb 14, 2023
Breach occurred: Feb 8, 2023 – Feb 14, 2023
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jul 10, 2023
Notification sent: Jul 27, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the event to federal law enforcement and applicable regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond
Assess the security of its email environment
Identify potentially affected individuals
Reported the event to federal law enforcement and applicable regulators
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for through Experian to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this event, at no cost to these individuals
Establishing a dedicated assistance telephone line to address any questions or concerns from notified individuals
Providing potentially affected individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this event to appropriate state regulators and to the three major consumer reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Further secure our email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(163 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJul 27 · first

Maine State AGJul 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+27d

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (VT), last Aug 23 (NH) — 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/capital-formation-group-20230727.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2023
Raw hash: 599e1b2d3f6d156c64356cf829cdcb19f7497000fddcc03a134a0a8eb2143e9c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCapital Formation Group, Inc.

Victim entityCapital Formation Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 14, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov