Clustered 3 filings across 2 jurisdictions · filing window Apr 16, 2020 → May 8, 2020. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_3b12ca77bc9b45b5 · merge_method deterministic · confidence 95%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Range of discovered_at dates across filings
CA MT
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Mar 19, 2020
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
Mar 19, 2020
Reported by CALIFORNIA AG filings
Lincoln Financial Advisors reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2020-04-16. The breach occurred on 3/19/2020. 17 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 17
About this clustering
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Lincoln Financial Advisors discovered on March 19, 2020, that an unknown third party possessed a drive containing client data, potentially associated with the Charpentier Wealth Strategies office. The exposed data may include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account information, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. Lincoln contacted law enforcement, added heightened security to accounts, and offered one year of identity monitoring via Kroll.
Lincoln Financial Advisors discovered on March 19, 2020, that an unknown third party possessed a drive containing client data, potentially associated with the Charpentier Wealth Strategies office. The exposed data may include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account information, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. Lincoln contacted law enforcement, added heightened security to accounts, and provided one year of identity monitoring services to affected individuals.