Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bayard P.A.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 25, 2020

Filed

Feb 12, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bayard P.A. →

Bayard P.A. notified individuals of unauthorized access to an employee's email account between August 25-27, 2020. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise. Personal information (names and other data elements) was accessible. Bayard secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring. No misuse was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 171 days

Aug 25, 2020

Begins

Aug 25, 2020

Discovered

Feb 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Bayard P.A.
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Name: Bayard P.A.
norm: bayard
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 25, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2020 – Aug 27, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified state regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the affected email account
Engaged a third-party computer forensic investigation firm
Performed a comprehensive review of all information stored in the email account
Conducted a thorough manual review of records to determine identities and contact information
Notified state regulators
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure information in systems
Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(171 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Bayard-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 12, 2021
Raw hash: 8a3531f71bc2345ac788a1b957a139c62cd58dff5660f8bc5960396f6aa652e3

Reporting entityBayard P.A.

Victim entityBayard P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2020

Stated responseSecured the affected email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov