Clustered 2 filings across 2 jurisdictions · filed Jun 9, 2022. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →
incident inc_a8b9aa260ce44374 · merge_method human · confidence 100%
Discovered → first regulatory filing
Time between earliest and latest filing
Not recorded for this incident
Discovery variance · Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster; needs two dated filings.
Government ID · Identity (basic)
ME MT
all State AG
Earliest sighting first · deep chronology in Litigation Timeline
Nov 29, 2021
When the intrusion reportedly occurred, per the linked filings
May 18, 2022
Reported by MAINE AG filing
Cetera Financial Group reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring on November 29, 2021, discovered on May 18, 2022. The incident affected 2,188 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and Social Security Numbers. The company provided written notification and offered 12 months of credit monitoring through Experian.
Affected (this filing): 2,188
Cetera Financial Group reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2022-06-09. The breach occurred from 11/29/2021 to 12/23/2021. 4 Montana residents were affected.
Affected (this filing): 4
About this clustering
DisclosureLens links filings into incidents through layered matchers: deterministic rules (same source document, multistate filings of one breach, tight-window same-victim pairs), a weighted-similarity scorer for cross-source candidates, and an operator review queue for everything uncertain. Each link records its own method and confidence — shown per filing in the timeline below. The system defaults to NOT merging when uncertain, because a false merge (collapsing two unrelated breaches) is more harmful than a false split (showing related filings separately); uncertain pairs route to human review instead of auto-merging. Filing summaries shown in the timeline are AI-generated extracts — verify each against its linked source.