PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Dawson James Securities, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 22, 2021

Filed

Mar 1, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dawson James Securities, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Dawson James Securities, Inc. notified clients in Montana and other states that a missing office computer containing names, addresses, and Social Security numbers was recovered from an individual who had purchased it. The incident was discovered on January 22, 2021, following a forensic investigation. The firm offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Jan 22, 2021

Discovered

Mar 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_af5d0baca9c7a0a92021-03-05 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a0f9387237d06b142021-03-10 · +9dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_16300819080726682021-02-19 · +10dCandidate

Name: Dawson James Securities, Inc.
norm: dawson james securities

Name: Dawson James Securities, Inc.
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Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 22, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 1, 2021
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Retrieved the computer and hard drive from the individual
Had a third party forensic investigation conducted on the computer
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Additional security steps were taken to secure our data and systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 19 · first

Montana State AG+10d · this page

Maine State AG+14d

Massachusetts State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing Feb 19 (IN), last Mar 10 (MA) — a 19-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/dawsSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2021
Raw hash: 7eaff9323e968840eaa2252a13ac4b83cb2b77c5c7134caa8c4433a7fd78275a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDawson James Securities, Inc.

Victim entityDawson James Securities, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 22, 2021

Stated responseRetrieved the computer and hard drive from the individual

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov