HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Cain Watters & Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 28, 2018

Filed

Aug 20, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cain Watters & Associates →

Cain Watters & Associates notified the NH AG that an email account was compromised between May 25 and June 28, 2018. One NH resident's name and financial account number were accessed. Cain Watters engaged outside cybersecurity experts and reset passwords. Notification to the resident began August 16, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

May 25, 2018

Begins

Jun 28, 2018

Discovered

Aug 20, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

10 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

Montana State AGbd_7e38f50b476c981a2018-08-15 · +5dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

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: Aug 16, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity experts
Reset passwords
Changes made: Reset passwords
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 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

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cain-watters-20180823.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 20, 2018
Raw hash: e634c22f94718642d2f146172ab315887d9f3922869483b8abba9be99df708ad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

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 provenancemm.nh.gov