HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Dawson James Securities, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2023

Filed

Feb 16, 2024

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4,6735 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Dawson James Securities, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Dawson James Securities, Inc., a financial services firm, reported an external system breach that occurred on June 29, 2023, and was discovered on December 8, 2023. The incident affected 4,673 individuals, compromising names and financial account numbers with associated security codes or PINs. Notification to affected consumers began on January 17, 2024, and included an offer for 12 months of credit monitoring services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 8, 2023 → Filed with AG Feb 16, 202470d ⏱ ME AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 162 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Jun 29, 2023

Begins

Dec 8, 2023

Discovered

Feb 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5ec6a0886b712b362024-02-12 · +4dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5ad6c8284d32e1592024-01-22 · +25dVerified
Montana State AGbd_982e3a0b9738b23c2024-01-17 · +30dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_a9a58282e20142bd2024-01-17 · +30dVerified

Name: DAWSON
norm: dawson
Domain: dawsonohana.com

Name: Dawson James Securities, Inc.
norm: dawson james securities
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2023
Undetected for: 162 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 4,673state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Changes made: Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 70d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 8, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Feb 16, 2024
70d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 8, 2023 → Filed with AG: Feb 16, 2024	70d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJan 17 · first

Indiana State AGJan 17 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+26d

Maine State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 17 (MT), last Feb 16 (ME) — a 30-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f125da8b-ca74-482b-a700-c22d80352d4c.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2024
Raw hash: 4896a42161e632f033c0691499f1a2e07a94b1fb9a7ecebb4f15ec876acbeb7a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDAWSON

Victim entityDawson James Securities, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2023

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov