MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Lozano Smith

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

Dec 14, 2021

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lozano Smith →

Lozano Smith, a law firm, experienced a cyber incident where an unauthorized actor accessed systems in January 2020 and attempted to encrypt them in April 2021. The firm detected unusual activity on April 7, 2021, and contained the incident. Personal information, including names and other data elements, may have been accessed. The firm engaged forensic experts, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 7, 2021 → Notified Dec 14, 2021251d ✗ CA 60-day late36 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 462 days

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 251 days

Jan 1, 2020

Begins

Apr 7, 2021

Discovered

Dec 14, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_819442ae9fb83fd72021-12-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_9df3a35e42d115772021-12-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_ccdb4f2f9735e57e2021-12-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d0f2cd2085c3229b2021-12-14Verified

Name: Lozano Smith
norm: lozano smith

Name: Lozano Smith
norm: lozano smith
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
Undetected for: 462 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 14, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Immediately taking our systems offline
Resetting passwords across our network
Notifying law enforcement
Bringing in third-party forensic specialists to assist with the investigation and remediation
Enhanced our security policies, procedures, and infrastructure
Continuing to cooperate with law enforcement in their investigation
Providing access to complimentary credit monitoring services through ID Experts (IDX)
Changes made: Enhanced our security policies, procedures, and infrastructure
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(251 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 251d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Apr 7, 2021
→ Notified: Dec 14, 2021
251d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 7, 2021 → Notified: Dec 14, 2021	251d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 14 · first

Montana State AGDec 14 · first

Maine State AGDec 14 · first

Indiana State AGDec 14 · first

California State AGDec 14 · 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.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-548523
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 14, 2021
Raw hash: 2351afdc5094eae99be77a421268c358299c66d28c8d318c8d4ef29f1f33a928

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLozano Smith

Victim entityLozano Smith

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2021

Stated responseImmediately taking our systems offline

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov