Social EngineeringFinancial ServicesFinancePhishingBECData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Walter Shuffain Advisors

bd_cf014831265a8880 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 11, 2024

Filed

Mar 13, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Walter Shuffain Advisors →

Walter Shuffain Advisors, Inc. notified NH AG of a business email compromise phishing attack. Unauthorized access to an internal email account occurred around Dec 3, 2024, detected Dec 11, 2024. Forensic investigation confirmed data access by Feb 21, 2025. 9 NH residents affected; PII likely exposed. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Dec 3, 2024

Begins

Dec 11, 2024

Discovered

Mar 13, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_58883c62b98b408b2025-03-11 · +2dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_c31433e6cf94fe342025-03-11 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_593581ed873914202025-03-10 · +3dCandidate

Name: Walter Shuffain Advisors
norm: walter shuffain advisors
Industry: Financial Services

Name: Walter Shuffain Advisors
norm: walter shuffain advisors
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 3, 2024
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2025
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Consumer Protection Bureau, Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the compromised email account
Engaged third party information technology and forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Covered the cost for potentially impacted individuals to receive credit monitoring from CyberScout through Identity Force
Added additional computer security protections and protocols
Offered a call center for 90 days to answer any questions
Changes made: Added additional computer security protections and protocols to ensure that personal information is protected from unauthorized access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 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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Maine State AGMar 10 · first

Vermont State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

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/walter-shuffain-advisors-20250313.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 13, 2025
Raw hash: f4a7b2d12a4b090bcab117c64471c364525a8eaacd974224cb93b9e0446a2e50

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWalter Shuffain Advisors

Victim entityWalter Shuffain Advisors

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2024

Stated responseSecured the compromised email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov