CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. — July 2025 breach

Clustered 9 filings across 9 jurisdictions · filing window Mar 1, 2026 → Mar 27, 2026. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

⚠ 2 cross-filing discrepancies →Merge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

9 filings

States

Affected · reported

42,947

First → last filing

Mar 1, 2026 → Mar 27, 2026

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_ff4b4304152047ac · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 9 regulatory filings. The filings describe unauthorized access. Intrusion Jul 7, 2025–Aug 21, 2025, discovered Jul 7, 2025 — the first regulatory filing landed 237 days later. 42,947 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Financial account, Identity (basic), and 1 more. Notifications rolled out on a 26-day schedule across 9 filings beginning Mar 1, 2026. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Supplemental

Notification delay

237days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance

207days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span

26days

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 · 54dFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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