Cetera Financial Group, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Cetera Financial Group, Inc. on August 21, 2020. The breach occurred on April 6, 2020, when an unauthorized person accessed an employee's email account, potentially exposing personal information, although the exact number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193366

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cetera-financial-group

"id": "cet959072725",
"linkid": "cetera-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Cetera Financial Group, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'date_detected': '2020-04-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-21',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Cetera Financial Group, Inc. on August 21, '
                '2020. The breach occurred on April 6, 2020, when an '
                "unauthorized person accessed an employee's email account, "
                'potentially exposing personal information, although the exact '
                'number of individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Person',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Cetera Financial Group, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}