Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Meador & Jones LLP

bd_1e65dd0f38c0516a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2021

Filed

Sep 17, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Meador & Jones LLP →

Meador & Jones LLP notified Montana residents of a data security incident where unauthorized access to two corporate email accounts occurred from April 14-15, 2021. The breach was discovered on April 15, 2021. Personal information, including names and email addresses, may have been accessed. The firm engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, implemented MFA, and offered credit monitoring via IDX.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Apr 14, 2021

Begins

Apr 15, 2021

Discovered

Sep 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_edeeb563e3f373ab2021-09-21 · +4dVerified

Name: Meador & Jones LLP
norm: meador jones

Name: Meador & Jones LLP
norm: meador jones
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2021 – Apr 15, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Hired independent computer forensic investigators
Changed all affected passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication for access to all email accounts
Arranged for IDX identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for access to all email accounts within our environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGSep 17 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/Consumer-Notification-11.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 17, 2021
Raw hash: d80ef50dec2877152e886efdc0cd3811cd566e0a734ee4546531fad8df12a002

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeador & Jones LLP

Victim entityMeador & Jones LLP

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2021

Stated responseHired independent computer forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov