Zalkin Law Firm, P.C.
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Full breach record for Zalkin Law Firm, P.C. →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group ALPHV / BlackCat 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.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
The Zalkin Law Firm is one of the country’s premier sexual abuse and personal injury firms. Backed by a team of award-winning trial lawyers, we have achieved groundbreaking settlements and verdicts in high-profile sexual abuse and personal injury cases against some of the largest corporations and institutions in the nation. Each attorney at The Zalkin Law Firm has devoted their career to upholding the rights of victims across the country. You have legal rights in cases where you have been harmed or damaged by another’s misconduct, and our attorneys have the experience and resources to help you navigate this difficult legal and personal journey.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Apr 8, 2023
Claim posted
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Corroborated · see linked filings
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
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Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- Indiana State AGbd_039fe986c60434ae2023-09-06 · +151dVerified by operator
- Maine State AGbd_3be90daee49278d22023-09-14 · +159dVerified by operator
- Montana State AGbd_e516fa6edf184c3e2023-09-14 · +159dVerified by operator
- Massachusetts State AGbd_c793d5e5644307ef2023-09-25 · +170dVerified by operator
Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Apr 8, last Sep 25 (MA) — a 170-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
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.
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According to ransomware.live, The operators of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware began their activity in December 2021, making posts on Dark Web forums to promote their affiliate program, offering other actors the opportunity to engage in a 'new type of ransomware family' developed from scratch using the Rust programming language. Some clear evidence indicates that the actors behind this new ransomware are not new to cybercrime, and there were links to other affiliate programs such as DarkSide, BlackMatter, and REvil. (After several attacks against large companies, these groups faced pressure and arrests, necessitating the termination of their operations). As a security measure, the operators of ALPHV implemented the requirement for the execution of the ransomware payload by providing an 'access token,' which is supplied by the owners of the Ransomware-as-a-Service to the affiliate. This token is added to the victim's ransom note so that they can contact the threat actor responsible for encrypting the data. ALPHV affiliates employ double and triple extortion techniques, meaning the publication of the company's name on leak sites, threats of data leakage, and lastly, threats of DDoS attacks against the organization. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs