HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Lowe Wealth Advisors

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 18, 2025

Filed

Sep 19, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Lowe Wealth Advisors →

Lowe Wealth Advisors notified consumers of unauthorized network access occurring on August 17, 2025, discovered on August 18, 2025. The incident involved potential access to personal information. The firm engaged third-party specialists, notified law enforcement, and coordinated with Fidelity to change account numbers. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday5 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 · 1 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Aug 17, 2025

Begins

Aug 18, 2025

Discovered

Sep 19, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4724082247cbd8b02025-09-23 · +4dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_92e77a8b6aff6a5c2025-09-23 · +4dVerified

Name: Lowe Wealth Advisors
norm: lowe wealth advisors

Name: Lowe Wealth Advisors
norm: lowe wealth advisors
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 17, 2025
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 2, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to assist with determining the nature and scope of the incident
Secured systems and enhanced the security of the network
Notified law enforcement
Informed Fidelity of the incident
Working with Fidelity to change Fidelity account numbers
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring service for 12 months through Cyberscout
Changes made: Enhanced the security of the network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGSep 19 · first · this page

Montana State AG+4d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-09-19-lowe-wealth-advisors-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 19, 2025
Raw hash: ff34a040cc055f4a37f36b86db65dd51b0fb83aacc6c313ab1448b24c5a7f23d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLowe Wealth Advisors

Victim entityLowe Wealth Advisors

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2025

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to assist with determining the nature and scope of the incident

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov