HackingFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. d/b/a NDS Wealth Advisors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2024

Filed

Oct 15, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. (NDS Wealth Advisors) reported a cybersecurity incident affecting 8 New Hampshire residents. An employee's email account was compromised between May 28 and May 31, 2024, likely via phishing. Exposed data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. NDS engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

May 28, 2024

Begins

May 31, 2024

Discovered

Oct 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 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

Maine State AGbd_4494364f682fdd242024-10-09 · +6dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_4b53840ff2a07c2e2024-10-09 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6203961e81c3871a2024-10-09 · +6dVerified

Name: Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. d/b/a NDS Wealth Advisors
norm: newman dignan sheerar

Name: Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. d/b/a NDS Wealth Advisors
norm: newman dignan sheerar
Also named: Newman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc.dba oflegal entity
NDS Wealth Advisorsdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial ServicesllmProfessional 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: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the Incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reported the Incident to law enforcement
Worked with cybersecurity counsel and forensic experts
Engaged a national cybersecurity forensic firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Launched an investigation
Took steps to mitigate the potential impact on all our clients
Strengthened the security of our systems and procedures
Offered prepaid, subscriptions to identity theft and credit monitoring services
Changes made: Enhancements to controls designed to detect and terminate suspicious logons
Reduce the recording of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGOct 9 · first

Vermont State AGOct 9 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 9 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 9 (ME), 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/newman-dignan-sheerar-wealth-advisors-20241015.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 15, 2024
Raw hash: a57fa7cf2a6f3a6ecb1eba276eec320de6a9e9e0731265ad040d30c62d4af2a2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNewman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. d/b/a NDS Wealth Advisors

Victim entityNewman Dignan & Sheerar, Inc. d/b/a NDS Wealth Advisors

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2024

Stated responseReported the Incident to law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov