HackingProfessional ServicesEmploymentIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Frederick Goldman Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 10, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Frederick Goldman Inc. →2 incidents on file

Frederick Goldman, Inc. notified Massachusetts residents that during June 2026, unauthorized third-party access to its computer systems resulted in the exposure of W-2 files containing names, Social Security numbers, remuneration, and addresses. The company engaged a cybersecurity incident response firm, retained legal counsel, and is offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian. Enhanced cybersecurity safeguards are being implemented.

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Incident timeline

Jun 1, 2026

Begins

Jul 10, 2026

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_c2696303bd87eb5a2026-07-17 · +7dCandidate

Name: Frederick Goldman Inc.
norm: frederick goldman

Name: Frederick Goldman Inc.
norm: frederick goldman

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: EmploymentIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately engaged a qualified cybersecurity incident response firm to contain the breach, conduct forensic analysis, preserve evidence, and restore affected systems
Retained outside legal counsel with cybersecurity and data privacy expertise to oversee and manage the Company's legal obligations
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian Identity Works, at no cost to you, including $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance
Implementing enhanced cybersecurity safeguards to prevent recurrence
Changes made: Implementing enhanced cybersecurity safeguards to prevent recurrence
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 · 2 filings

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Massachusetts State AGJul 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jul 10 (MA), last Jul 17 (MA) — a 7-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.mass.gov/doc/2026-1109-frederick-goldman-inc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2026
Raw hash: 18ca372c8dcef012340f2730ff77004f1625e1289a63282aefae0dd5c969d28a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrederick Goldman Inc.

Victim entityFrederick Goldman Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately engaged a qualified cybersecurity incident response firm to contain the breach, conduct forensic analysis, preserve evidence, and restore affected systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov