HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Southwood

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 25, 2025

Filed

Jun 27, 2025

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Southwood →

Southwood Financial LLC discovered suspicious activity disrupting its network on March 25, 2025. Investigation revealed unauthorized access to files containing personal information including names, SSNs, DOBs, addresses, and account details. The company contained the incident, engaged forensics, notified the FTC, and is providing credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Mar 25, 2025

Begins

Mar 25, 2025

Discovered

Jun 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Vermont State AGbd_29e4ce4efe0031752025-06-27Verified

Name: Southwood
norm: southwood
Domain: southwood.co

Name: Southwood
norm: southwood
Domain: southwood.co
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 25, 2025
Breach occurred: Mar 25, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 27, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Trade Commission

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our environment
Engaged digital forensics specialists to assist with the investigation
Notified the Federal Trade Commission
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Implement measures to enhance security and to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Vermont State AGJun 27 · first

California State AGJun 27 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-604695
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2025
Raw hash: 8328b98b7f59240faa516502480541ddb20eb48becb4e52445c21321b4966fae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwood

Victim entitySouthwood

Incidentdiscovered Mar 25, 2025

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov