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Howard Law, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 19, 2021

Filed

Nov 12, 2021

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

11,5642 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Howard Law, LLC →

Howard Law, LLC experienced a phishing incident on March 5, 2021, which was discovered on October 19, 2021. The breach resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security numbers. The incident affected 11,564 individuals in total, including two residents of Maine. Affected individuals were notified on November 12, 2021, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from TransUnion.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 19, 2021 → Filed with AG Nov 12, 202124d ✓ ME AG ≤30d24 days 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 · 228 days
discovery → filing · 24 days

Mar 5, 2021

Begins

Oct 19, 2021

Discovered

Nov 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGNov 12 · first
Indiana State AGNov 12 · first
Maine State AGNov 12 · 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.