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McCarthy Fingar, LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

May 30, 2023

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for McCarthy Fingar, LLP

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2023-05-30

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Founded in 1946, McCarthy Fingar, with offices in White Plains, New York, serves the legal needs of a diverse group of clients throughout New York, Connecticut, Florida, and beyond. Founded by Robert J. McCarthy and Elmer Lee Fingar (both now deceased), McCarthy Fingar has been a leader in the legal and business communities for over 70 years. Our attorneys come to us from a divergent group of law schools, from other law firms, from the government, and from the judiciary. Our lawyers demonstrate a special blend of skills and know-how which helps our clients succeed in their business and personal planning, in transactional matters and in litigation.SITE: www.mccarthyfingar.com Address 711 Westchester AvenueSuite 405White Plains, NY 10604

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 30, 2023

Claim posted

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteMay 30 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing May 30, last Dec 22 (ME) — a 206-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.