HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

CW Advisors, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 14, 2025

Filed

Aug 13, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CW Advisors, LLC →2 incidents on file

CW Advisors LLC reported an unauthorized access to a single employee email account occurring between April 24 and June 2, 2025. The breach was discovered on July 14, 2025, affecting 7 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and financial account information. Notices were sent on August 13, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Date basis clock✓ Clock withheld · confirmation date4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 81 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Apr 24, 2025

Begins

Jul 14, 2025

Discovered

Aug 13, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5601430eb513511c2025-08-13Verified

Name: CW Advisors, LLC
norm: cw advisors
Domain: cwadvisorsgroup.com
Industry: Financial Services

Name: CW Advisors, LLC
norm: cw advisors
Domain: cwadvisorsgroup.com
Industry: Financial Services
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 14, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 24, 2025 – Jun 2, 2025
Undetected for: 81 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2025
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account
Conducted a comprehensive investigation
Reviewed relevant emails to determine scope
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve months through Experian
Changes made: Confirm the security of its email environment
Reviewing existing security policies
Implementing appropriate cybersecurity measures in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Clock withheld · confirmation date

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 13 · first

Maine State AGAug 13 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/bdddb10b-6bb2-4e21-b82a-2834bc55faa8.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 13, 2025
Raw hash: d73799357c6aca79bd2de98c576930bcc5a2aec22e6d7f4ccfec0deaa4346a91

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCW Advisors, LLC

Victim entityCW Advisors, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 14, 2025

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceClock withheld · confirmation date

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov