HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Nicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 10, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

143state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Nicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc. →

Nicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc. experienced unauthorized access to a single employee's email account between January 30, 2026, and March 12, 2026. The incident potentially exposed personal information including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, account numbers, and government IDs. The company terminated access immediately, engaged forensic investigators and legal counsel, and is offering 24 months of identity monitoring via Kroll. No evidence of data acquisition or misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

Jan 30, 2026

Begins

Apr 10, 2026

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_7cb7387a3b4b8fe22026-04-10Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_85b9d3ae3fa3a73e2026-04-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_97f0ec0bc16330ec2026-04-10Verified

Name: Nicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc.
norm: nicholas h safford
Domain: saffords.com
Industry: Investment Counsel

Name: Nicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc.
norm: nicholas h safford
Domain: saffords.com
Industry: Investment Counsel
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 143state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately terminated unauthorized access
Took steps to secure systems
Initiated a comprehensive investigation
Consulted with legal counsel
Contacted law enforcement
Engaged a cyber forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Changes made: Engaging with an additional cybersecurity vendor
Reviewing internal policies and procedures
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 AGApr 10 · first

Vermont State AGApr 10 · first

Indiana State AGApr 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 10 · first · this page

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/2026-558-nicholas-h-safford-co-inc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 10, 2026
Raw hash: 2c37431c646d2fc6a4cbe354eebdd508ec8ed8be27771bcda24dcf652b4f830c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc.

Victim entityNicholas H. Safford & Co., Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately terminated unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov