HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Cain Watters & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 28, 2018

Filed

Aug 15, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Cain Watters & Associates →

Cain Watters & Associates, LLC reported that an email account was compromised by an unauthorized third party between May 25 and June 28, 2018. The incident was discovered on June 28, 2018. Compromised data included full names, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. The firm engaged outside cybersecurity experts, reset passwords, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

May 25, 2018

Begins

Jun 28, 2018

Discovered

Aug 15, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_a80cb6a541868e442018-08-20 · +5dVerified

Name: Cain Watters & Associates
norm: cain watters associates

Name: Cain Watters & Associates
norm: cain watters associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2018
Breach occurred: May 25, 2018 – Jun 28, 2018
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity experts
Reset passwords to prevent further unauthorized access
Changes made: Providing 12 months of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGAug 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (MT), last Aug 20 (NH) — a 5-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-86.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2018
Raw hash: 8105f1320cc872c81e0e386a62f8a0924b3a3506e9f5c4771e9d6f8cc2711e23

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCain Watters & Associates

Victim entityCain Watters & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov