HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Newman Dignan & S.heerar, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2024

Filed

Oct 9, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4133 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Newman Dignan & S.heerar, Inc →

Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc (d/b/a NDS Wealth Advisors), a financial services firm, reported a data breach affecting 413 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The incident involved unauthorized access to an employee's email account between May 28 and May 31, 2024. Personal information exposed included names, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and dates of birth. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered May 31, 2024 → Filed with AG Oct 9, 2024131d ✗ ME AG >90d19 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 131 days

May 28, 2024

Begins

May 31, 2024

Discovered

Oct 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_4b53840ff2a07c2e2024-10-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6203961e81c3871a2024-10-09Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_68bd060dddb8ee0a2024-10-15 · +6dVerified

Name: Pierson Ferdinand LLP
norm: pierson ferdinand
Domain: pierferd.com

Name: Newman Dignan & S.heerar, Inc
norm: newman dignan sheerar
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2024
Breach occurred: May 28, 2024 – May 31, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2024
Affected individuals: 413state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed Security Breach Notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reported the Incident to law enforcement
Worked with cybersecurity counsel and forensic experts thoroughly to investigate
Retained electronic evidence specialists to mine the email account
Offered prepaid, two-year subscriptions to identity theft and credit monitoring services
Changes made: Enhancements to controls designed to detect and terminate suspicious logons
Reduced the recording of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(131 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 131dME resident >60d · 131d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: May 31, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Oct 9, 2024
131d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: May 31, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 9, 2024
131d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: May 31, 2024 → Filed with AG: Oct 9, 2024	131d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: May 31, 2024 → Notified: Oct 9, 2024	131d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGOct 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

Maine State AGOct 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (VT), last Oct 15 (NH) — a 6-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/d0ecdfaa-78ae-484c-8f73-3005cc8f964b.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 9, 2024
Raw hash: 39d846df2928af146de044682d74312806e50b750fcf23a726cd521ad1348a6b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPierson Ferdinand LLP

Victim entityNewman Dignan & S.heerar, Inc

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2024

Stated responseReported the Incident to law enforcement

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov