The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that on June 9, 2022, Cetera Financial Group (CFG) experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to its third-party printing service provider, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. The breach occurred between November 29, 2021 and December 23, 2021 and potentially exposed the Social Security numbers of 2 Maine residents among a total of 2,188 affected individuals; CFG has offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Experian to those impacted.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cetera-financial-group
"id": "cet821072625",
"linkid": "cetera-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2188,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Cetera Financial Group',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2188,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
'date_detected': '2022-06-09',
'description': "Unauthorized access to Cetera Financial Group's third-party "
'printing service provider, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, '
'potentially exposing Social Security numbers of 2,188 '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-06-09',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['12 months of credit monitoring '
'services through Experian']},
'title': 'Cetera Financial Group Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}