HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Law Office of Peter S. Stern

bd_25f3559adf1ad2be · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2023

Filed

Jun 14, 2024

To disclose

18 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Law Office of Peter S. Stern →

The Law Office of Peter S. Stern detected suspicious activity in its business email environment in January 2023. An unauthorized third party may have accessed emails containing personal information, including names, addresses, and potentially Social Security numbers. The firm secured the email environment, retained forensic specialists, and is offering credit monitoring to affected individuals. The incident affected residents in multiple states, including New Hampshire.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 months / 530 days

Jan 1, 2023

Discovered

Jun 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_52ffadfb3fa4d99b2024-06-14Verified
California State AGbd_580faf738e3d4b2f2024-06-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_915ef68db2643e5e2024-06-14Candidate

Name: Law Office of Peter S. Stern
norm: law office of peter s stern

Name: Law Office of Peter S. Stern
norm: law office of peter s stern
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Secured the email environment
Retained independent third-party forensic specialists to assist in its analysis of any unauthorized activity
Conducted an investigation with the assistance of IT specialists
Confirmed the security of our network environment
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(530 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 14 · first

California State AGJun 14 · first

Montana State AGJun 14 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/law-office-peter-s-stern-20240614.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2024
Raw hash: af24f8d92cddde0b6d2ec3d88f84517ff1caa951cc72203c8f023ae0bbe43323

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLaw Office of Peter S. Stern

Victim entityLaw Office of Peter S. Stern

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2023

Stated responseSecured the email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov