J.W. COLE FINANCIAL, INC. — April 2024 breach

Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Sep 18, 2024 → Dec 12, 2024. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

⚠ 2 cross-filing discrepancies →Merge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

3 filings

States

Affected · reported

159

First → last filing

Sep 18, 2024 → Dec 12, 2024

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_bda6fa0d41b44cad · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 3 regulatory filings. The filings describe unauthorized access. Intrusion Apr 19, 2024, discovered Aug 31, 2024 — the first regulatory filing landed 18 days later. 159 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Identity (basic), and Financial account. Notifications rolled out on a 85-day schedule across 3 filings beginning Sep 18, 2024. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Notification delay

18days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance

4days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span

85days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delay — no leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.

Regulatory clocksMaine✓ ME AG ≤30d · 14dMassachusetts✓ MA credit monitoring dueFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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