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J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 29, 2021

Filed

Jan 24, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1253 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC. →8 incidents on file

J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. experienced a business email compromise incident that was discovered on November 29, 2021. The breach, which occurred on September 23, 2021, affected 3 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and driver's license numbers. The company offered one year of credit monitoring services from Experian to the affected individuals.

Maine clockDiscovered Nov 29, 2021 → Filed with AG Jan 24, 202256d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 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 · 67 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 23, 2021

Begins

Nov 29, 2021

Discovered

Jan 24, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed125 affectedView incident

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.