HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 31, 2024

Filed

Dec 12, 2024

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC. →8 incidents on file

J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data incident involving financial professional Richard Lamore dba Boundless Solutions. On Aug 31, 2024, suspicious activity in an email account was discovered. An unauthorized actor accessed the account, potentially exposing personal info of 1 NH resident. Notice was sent Dec 6, 2024, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 103 days

Aug 31, 2024

Discovered

Dec 12, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8e2c29b52dc9406b2024-09-19 · +84dVerified
Maine State AGbd_82dfc303055548b42024-09-18 · +85dCandidate

Name: J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC.
norm: jw cole financial

Name: J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC.
norm: jw cole financial
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 31, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Engaged a team of third-party specialists to assist with determining the full nature and scope of the event
Undertook a thorough investigation
Confirmed necessary technical safeguards are in place
Changes made: Offering twelve months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(103 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGSep 18 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+85d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 18 (ME), last Dec 12 (NH) — a 85-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/j-w-cole-financial-richard-lamore-boundless-solutions-20241212.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2024
Raw hash: 2ed6b6e1667f73d03c46129f07a604f60a491276d7fae16f1e03a02c3b12cbf8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJ.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC.

Victim entityJ.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2024

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov