HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Hackard Law

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 12, 2024

Filed

Apr 21, 2025

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hackard Law →

Hackard Law, a California-based law firm, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident affecting one NH resident. Unauthorized actors accessed two employee email accounts between May and July 2024. The breach was discovered on November 12, 2024. The firm determined that the resident's personal information was exposed and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 177 days

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 160 days

May 19, 2024

Begins

Nov 12, 2024

Discovered

Mar 11, 2025

Scope determined

Apr 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7447a5836c0ad4b12025-04-21Verified
Maine State AGbd_d4145f003deb67522025-04-21Candidate

Name: Hackard Law
norm: hackard law

Name: Hackard Law
norm: hackard law
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 12, 2024
Breach occurred: May 19, 2024 – Jul 21, 2024
Undetected for: 177 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 11, 2025
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took measures to secure the email account
Began an investigation
Reviewed the emails and attachments potentially exposed
Offering the resident complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity protection
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures
Employee training
Technical controls to enhance the security of our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(160 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 21 · first

Maine State AGApr 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 21 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/hackard-law-20250421.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2025
Raw hash: 56fad95f6fccbfcd4f661e7acf1f3020b1e19b60a4dd04da4dddcb9178370319

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHackard Law

Victim entityHackard Law

Incidentdiscovered Nov 12, 2024

Stated responseTook measures to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov