HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Woodruff Sawyer & Co.

bd_cdf69a212ead0ef1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 20, 2024

Filed

Mar 20, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. experienced a data breach on January 20, 2024, when an unauthorized third party gained access to computer systems via SIM swapping of an executive's phone number. The attacker reset the executive's password and downloaded a small subset of files containing personal information. The company engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and amended security controls to prevent SIM swapping. Affected individuals are offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 20, 2024 → Notified Mar 20, 202460d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jan 20, 2024

Begins

Jan 20, 2024

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_c827d916f6654c942024-03-18 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b31da2b464533ad72024-03-05 · +15dVerified
Maine State AGbd_751f17dbb3c4b49c2024-03-04 · +16dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_cc972661d63c3fee2024-03-04 · +16dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_d17b63c8574e82872024-03-04 · +16dVerified
California State AGbd_0a098efd7c6a3bea2024-06-28 · +100dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Jan 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 20, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Initial access: phishing_link

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: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 60d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 20, 2024
→ Notified: Mar 20, 2024
60d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 20, 2024 → Notified: Mar 20, 2024	60d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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

California State AG+16d · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-582759
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2024
Raw hash: a79d9c6ea35f89baf065154ada3184fb1f2979ae2e92d684ffc9b5b8623b11b4

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

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov