HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Woods Hole Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 4, 2025

Filed

May 6, 2025

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Woods Hole Group →

Woods Hole Group disclosed a cybersecurity incident identified on March 4, 2025, involving unauthorized access to IT systems. The breach compromised personal information including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, bank information, and dates of birth. The company engaged external cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Mar 4, 2025

Discovered

May 6, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_23d77083d02bde272025-05-06Verified
Maine State AGbd_2a0b37c00478b27e2025-05-06Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_c4d0dd52e708623a2025-05-06Verified

Name: Woods Hole Group
norm: woods hole
Domain: woodsholegroup.com

Name: Woods Hole Group
norm: woods hole
Domain: woodsholegroup.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 4, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 6, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Law enforcement has been notified
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took certain of our systems offline as a precaution
Launched an investigation with assistance from external cybersecurity experts
Notified law enforcement
Offering you a complimentary 24-month membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Took a series of steps to further strengthen our security controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 6 · first

Maine State AGMay 6 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 6 · first

Vermont State AGMay 6 · first · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-05-06-woods-hole-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 6, 2025
Raw hash: a80f2aee9d9798abd99ea0213a55370c94b5e40124f36005181d1ad21ea47fdd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWoods Hole Group

Victim entityWoods Hole Group

Incidentdiscovered Mar 4, 2025

Stated responseTook certain of our systems offline as a precaution

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov