MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Spear Wilderman

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 7, 2021

Filed

Nov 17, 2022

To disclose

19 months

Affected

30state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Spear Wilderman →

Spear Wilderman, P.C., a labor law firm, detected and stopped a cybersecurity attack on May 7, 2021, where an unauthorized third party infiltrated the network and encrypted data. The incident potentially exposed personal information of 30 New Hampshire residents, including names, driver's license numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, medical diagnosis/treatment information, financial account information, and social security numbers. The firm engaged forensic experts, secured its network, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 months / 559 days

May 7, 2021

Begins

May 7, 2021

Discovered

Nov 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+62 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_84110f8c1809fbd82022-11-17Verified
Maine State AGbd_cd72a81e7b2707f62022-11-17Verified
Montana State AGbd_e1dc82d14e6301842022-11-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7592b36ce21566d52022-11-16 · +1dVerified

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Delaware State AGbd_875e30e2b1ddabe32022-11-16 · +1dCandidate

Name: Spear Wilderman, P.C.
norm: spear wilderman
Domain: speareducation.com

Name: Spear Wilderman
norm: spear wilderman
Domain: spearwilderman.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 7, 2021
Breach occurred: May 7, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2022
Affected individuals: 30state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Stopped a cybersecurity attack against its network
Shut off all access to the network
Engaged specialized third-party forensic and technical resources to respond to the incident
Secured and remediated its network and the data that we maintain
Reported this matter to law enforcement
Offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Cyberscout
Changes made: Reviewed and altered our tools, policies, and procedures relating to the security of our systems and servers
Reviewed and altered our information life cycle management
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 months(559 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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Indiana State AGNov 16 · first

Delaware State AGNov 16 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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/spear-wilderman-20221117.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2022
Raw hash: 177d6ae835bd80bf467c89514027a27ca6482da88a4d3f5d5ff9dd2331c20a83

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySpear Wilderman, P.C.

Victim entitySpear Wilderman

Incidentdiscovered May 7, 2021

Stated responseStopped a cybersecurity attack against its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov