MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwarePhishingRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Santoro Whitmire, LTD

bd_3011f18d199b1d42 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 8, 2024

Filed

Jun 11, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Santoro Whitmire, LTD →

Santoro & Whitmire, a law firm that permanently closed its business, disclosed a ransomware attack targeting its systems. The firm discovered the incident on May 8, 2024, and notified law enforcement and forensic experts. Personal information of clients may have been accessed. The firm is offering one or two years of credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services through IDX to affected individuals across multiple states.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

May 8, 2024

Discovered

Jun 11, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_19718cf69cd36a642024-06-11Verified
Maine State AGbd_53a0f94f519df75f2024-06-11Verified
Vermont State AGbd_981104376d93d7ff2024-06-11Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a838817f2ee1274e2024-06-11Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_4098a976fde7f2812024-06-12 · +1dVerified

Name: Santoro Whitmire, LTD
norm: santoro whitmire

Name: Santoro Whitmire, LTD
norm: santoro whitmire
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 8, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Moved quickly to contain the incident
Conducted a thorough investigation with the assistance of computer forensic experts
Secured the services of IDX, a ZeroFox Company, the data breach and recovery services expert
Provided 1 year/2 year of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Provided a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Provided fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Enhanced security measures
Enhanced oversight of third-party vendors
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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California State AGJun 11 · first

Maine State AGJun 11 · first

Vermont State AGJun 11 · first

Indiana State AGJun 11 · first

Montana State AGJun 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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-letter-1469.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2024
Raw hash: 3448e30dd3f475e7de02c8450511ac312a2fd15b7595f9660e0e31430ce1bad2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySantoro Whitmire, LTD

Victim entitySantoro Whitmire, LTD

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2024

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov