HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Woodruff Sawyer & Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 20, 2024

Filed

Mar 4, 2024

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. disclosed that on January 20, 2024, an unauthorized third party gained access to its systems via SIM swapping, compromising an executive's credentials. The attacker downloaded files containing names, dates of birth, and driver's license numbers. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, enhanced security controls, and offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Jan 20, 2024

Begins

Jan 20, 2024

Discovered

Mar 4, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Maine State AGbd_751f17dbb3c4b49c2024-03-04Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_d17b63c8574e82872024-03-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b31da2b464533ad72024-03-05 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c827d916f6654c942024-03-18 · +14dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 116d gap

California State AGbd_cdf69a212ead0ef12024-03-20 · +16dVerified
California State AGbd_0a098efd7c6a3bea2024-06-28 · +116dVerified

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
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 4, 2024
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
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 outside cybersecurity experts to help with our investigation of and response to this incident
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of this incident and are cooperating with the FBI investigation
Amended our security controls to make it more difficult for an unauthorized party to access our systems through SIM swapping
Offering complimentary 24-month membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Amended our security controls to make it more difficult for an unauthorized party to access our systems through SIM swapping
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 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

Indiana State AGMar 4 · first

Montana State AGMar 4 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1161.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 4, 2024
Raw hash: db6b61dceac80be4fed449f7ac2792664045a4818957e2d28d684ae1802b230b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWoodruff Sawyer & Co.

Victim entityWoodruff Sawyer & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 20, 2024

Stated responseEngaged outside cybersecurity experts to help with our investigation of and response to this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov