HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)OtherLowContained

W.J. Cox Associates, Inc. -

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 14, 2025

Filed

Jan 13, 2026

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for W.J. Cox Associates, Inc. - →

W.J. Cox Associates, Inc. detected suspicious activity in a business email on August 14, 2025. An unauthorized actor accessed certain files. Affected data includes names and insurance details. The company secured the email tenant, engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm, changed passwords, and enhanced security. Credit monitoring and fraud assistance are being provided to affected individuals.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Aug 14, 2025

Discovered

Jan 13, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: W.J. Cox Associates, Inc. -
norm: wj cox associates
Domain: wjcox.com

Name: W.J. Cox Associates, Inc. -
norm: wj cox associates
Domain: wjcox.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 14, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 14, 2026
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Other
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured its email account and email tenant
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to assist in securing the environment as well as conduct a comprehensive investigation
Disconnected all access to the impacted business email
Changed passwords
Enhanced systems security
Changes made: Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge for twenty-four (24) months
Providing proactive fraud assistance through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-54-wj-cox-associates-inc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2026
Raw hash: 6cdd5ce31e9f557696e0312fad11db083dc5e6dac7d10c45b3fcc8aa2e3f0d4c

Reporting entityW.J. Cox Associates, Inc. -

Victim entityW.J. Cox Associates, Inc. -

Incidentdiscovered Aug 14, 2025

Stated responseSecured its email account and email tenant

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov