HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

New York Legal Assistance Group

bd_1445d523ed66f380 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 30, 2020

Filed

Sep 1, 2020

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for New York Legal Assistance Group →2 incidents on file

New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) notified affected individuals that unauthorized persons accessed employee email accounts between November 19, 2019 and February 7, 2020. NYLAG discovered the incident on January 30, 2020. Personal information, including names and government IDs, was present in the accessed accounts. NYLAG reset passwords, engaged a computer specialist, and offered 24 months of free identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 72 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

Nov 19, 2019

Begins

Jan 30, 2020

Discovered

Sep 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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_3e2c606ca87319c32020-09-01Verified
Indiana State AGbd_4d37ccffa4d6e8aa2020-09-01Verified

Name: New York Legal Assistance Group
norm: new york legal assistance

Name: New York Legal Assistance Group
norm: new york legal assistance
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 19, 2019 – Feb 7, 2020
Undetected for: 72 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Worked with a computer specialist
Changed the passwords for those email accounts
Changes made: Offering free identity monitoring services for 24 months through Kroll
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 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 AGSep 1 · first

Indiana State AGSep 1 · first

Montana State AGSep 1 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/breach-notification_details-1.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 1, 2020
Raw hash: a949aa39fca21a1402e7d1265b44850e840c91e58c704d12fc1eda2a2298e7a1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNew York Legal Assistance Group

Victim entityNew York Legal Assistance Group

Incidentdiscovered Jan 30, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov