HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIMediumContained

Riley Pope & Laney LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2024

Filed

Feb 12, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

46state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Riley Pope & Laney LLC →

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC notified the Maryland AG of unauthorized network access between Aug 11-12, 2024. 46 Maryland residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and health info. RPL engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d26 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 184 days

Aug 11, 2024

Begins

Aug 12, 2024

Discovered

Feb 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by cicada3301 about this victim predates this filing by 182 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecicada3301bd_e9bd630dd78c4f152024-08-14 · +182dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_36844e1603c5b30c2025-02-12Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_535ae6ac4dd71bc72025-02-12Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_b926ffe984f3cfb42025-02-12Verified
Maine State AGbd_d3683542a09e86b82025-02-12Verified by operator

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Vermont State AGbd_e6784912f7512be32025-02-12Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_f024a7ce146e49d52025-02-12Verified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Riley Pope & Laney LLC
norm: riley pope laney
Domain: rplfirm.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 11, 2024 – Aug 12, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Feb 12, 2025
Notification sent: Feb 12, 2025
Affected individuals: 46state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventProviding written notice of this incident to state regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Moved quickly to secure its environment
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Implemented additional security measures
Providing individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months through Experian at no cost to the individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Strengthen its security posture moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(184 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90dLeak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 12 · first

Montana State AGFeb 12 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 12 · first

Maine State AGFeb 12 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 12 · first

South Carolina State AGFeb 12 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 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.

Source URL: https://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376352.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2025
Raw hash: 3ae2fb585cd1270ed934cfc3527717cbdab2d14f12a89f7904fd7370055e9cad

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityRiley Pope & Laney LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2024

Stated responseInitiated an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov