Cetera Financial Group (CA, United States) notified the Texas Attorney General, the Indiana Attorney General and the California Attorney General of a data breach on 25 March 2026. It told the states about 1,398 Texas residents; the total can be higher. Exposed: Social Security numbers, Driver’s license numbers, Financial account and card details, Names and Addresses. The breach began on 7 July 2025, 261 days before it was reported.
Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
1,398 Texas residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
25 March 2026
Across the state notices
at least 1,903 people (Texas and Indiana: each state counts only its own residents)
Breach began
7 July 2025
Time to tell
261 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)
Look for Cetera Financial Group’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
Call your bank on the number printed on your card (never one from a message), check recent payments and ask for a new card.
An ID number cannot be changed, so lock it: a credit freeze or fraud alert in the US, a credit warning (kreditadvarsel) on borger.dk in Denmark, Cifas protective registration in the UK.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Cetera Financial Group, your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.
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