Statement Summary
The SEC’s Office of Public Affairs announced that certain masked data fields in Form N-PORT reports were unintentionally made public due to a software update from Feb. 3 to May 8, 2025. This error has since been corrected, and all affected data has been removed from the SEC’s EDGAR system. The issue only impacted filings made during that specific timeframe, with no effects on submissions after May 8, 2025. All impacted filers have been notified, and the SEC Chairman has initiated a full review of the EDGAR system to prevent recurrence.
Original Statement
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has determined that certain masked data fields on the publicly available reports on Form N-PORT submitted between Feb. 3, 2025, and May 8, 2025, were inadvertently made public on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. The unmasking occurred as a result of a software update effective Feb. 3, 2025. The masking error has been corrected and did not affect Form N-PORT filings made after May 8, 2025. SEC staff has removed the affected data from the public EDGAR system as displayed on SEC.gov and all affected filers have been informed. The Chairman has directed a comprehensive review of the EDGAR system.
