HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 7, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein →

The Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein reported that an unauthorized third party accessed an employee email account from November 3-4, 2020. The firm discovered the incident later and determined on January 21, 2021, that the account contained names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license/state ID numbers of 13 New Hampshire residents. The firm secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and notified affected individuals on April 7, 2021, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Nov 3, 2020

Begins

Apr 7, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_d0535e21ffecc6bb2021-04-07Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e51946ef709a2a7b2021-04-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fe39754a0608daa62021-04-07Verified

Name: The Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein
norm: the law offices of joseph l bornstein

Name: The Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein
norm: the law offices of joseph l bornstein
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 3, 2020 – Nov 4, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2021
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account to prevent further access
Retained a leading forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the security of its email and computer systems
Notified the impacted New Hampshire residents by letter
Providing the residents with information on how they can protect themselves against fraudulent activity and identity theft
Offering the individuals twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services
Changes made: Enhanced its technical security measures to reduce the risk of this type of incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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Maine State AGApr 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 7 · first

Indiana State AGApr 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 7 · 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/joseph-l-bornstein-20210407.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2021
Raw hash: 9fe1493401c145df1f2cf2a02df56192e92d882a420d1493e2794437694a2b0b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein

Victim entityThe Law Offices of Joseph L. Bornstein

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured the email account to prevent further access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov