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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Financial Services
- Entity Name: Walter Shuffain Advisors, Inc.
- Street Address: One International Place, Suite 1010
- City: Boston
- State, or Country if outside the US: MA
- Zip Code: 02110
Submitted By
- Name: John LaTour
- Title: IT Manager
- Firm name (if different than entity):
- Telephone Number: (781) 702-6356
- Email Address: jlatour@wsadvisors.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Employee
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 383
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 3
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: December 03, 2024
- Date Breach Discovered: December 11, 2024
- Description of the Breach:
- External system breach (hacking)
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with:
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: March 11, 2025
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: Individual_Live_Proof_R1_Redacted.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications: n/a
- Were identity theft protection services offered: Yes
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: CyberScout through Identity Force, a TransUnion company for two (2) years. CyberScout offers comprehensive identity protection services to include dark web and credit monitoring, identity theft prevention, identity restoration in cases of identity theft, and $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance.
