CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. — November 2021 breach

Clustered 5 filings across 5 jurisdictions · filing window Jun 9, 2022 → Jun 15, 2022. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

⚠ 2 cross-filing discrepancies →Merge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

5 filings

States

Affected · reported

2,188

First → last filing

Jun 9, 2022 → Jun 15, 2022

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_a8b9aa260ce44374 · merged by human · confidence 100%

Part of the R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY supply-chain incident (2022) — at least 3 organizations filed notifications naming this third party.

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 5 regulatory filings. The filings describe hacking. Intrusion Nov 29, 2021–Dec 23, 2021, discovered Mar 16, 2022 — the first regulatory filing landed 85 days later. 2,188 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Identity (basic), and PII. Notifications rolled out on a 6-day schedule across 5 filings beginning Jun 9, 2022. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Notification delay

85days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance

63days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span

6days

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.

Regulatory clocksMaine✓ ME AG ≤30d · 22dMassachusetts✓ MA credit monitoring dueFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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