HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsPhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Woodruff Sawyer & Co.

bd_c827d916f6654c94 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 20, 2024

Filed

Mar 18, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Woodruff Sawyer & Co. →6 incidents on file

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. reported a SIM swapping attack on Jan 20, 2024, where an attacker compromised an executive's credentials to access cloud systems and download files containing PII. 13 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Jan 20, 2024

Begins

Jan 20, 2024

Discovered

Mar 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_cdf69a212ead0ef12024-03-20 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b31da2b464533ad72024-03-05 · +13dVerified
Maine State AGbd_751f17dbb3c4b49c2024-03-04 · +14dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_cc972661d63c3fee2024-03-04 · +14dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 102d gap

Indiana State AGbd_d17b63c8574e82872024-03-04 · +14dVerified
California State AGbd_0a098efd7c6a3bea2024-06-28 · +102dVerified

Name: Woodruff Sawyer & Co.
norm: woodruff sawyer
Domain: woodruffsawyer.com

Name: Woodruff Sawyer & Co.
norm: woodruff sawyer
Domain: woodruffsawyer.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 20, 2024 – Jan 20, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 4, 2024
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to support our investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Terminated the unauthorized access
Secured our systems
Initiated a review of the files downloaded by the unauthorized third party
Changes made: Strengthened our technical security controls to better protect Woodruff and its employees from SIM swapping attacks
Amended our security controls to make it more difficult for an unauthorized party to access our systems through SIM swapping
Offering complimentary identity theft protection services through Experian’s Identity Works product
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGMar 4 · first

Montana State AGMar 4 · first

Indiana State AGMar 4 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+14d · this page

California State AG+16d

California State AG+116d

Pattern: first filing Mar 4 (ME), last Jun 28 (CA) — a 116-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/woodruff-sawyer-20240318.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2024
Raw hash: b5f3640da1c9cc1650733ca667ba7eddccd6aecec80724b9370d7303fda8e7b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWoodruff Sawyer & Co.

Victim entityWoodruff Sawyer & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 20, 2024

Stated responseEngaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to support our investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov