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Sprechman & Associates, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 1, 2012

Filed

Nov 13, 2012

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Sprechman & Associates, P.A. →

Sprechman & Associates, P.A. disclosed that a former employee may have performed unauthorized searches on client information, potentially viewing names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers. The firm learned of the incident in July 2012 but delayed notification until October 2012 to avoid interfering with a law enforcement investigation and because contact information was unavailable. No specific count of affected individuals was provided.

California clockDiscovered Jul 1, 2012 → Notified Oct 1, 201292d ✗ CA 60-day late19 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 135 days

Jul 1, 2012

Discovered

Nov 13, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Delaware State AGNov 13 · first
New Hampshire State AGNov 13 · first
California State AGNov 13 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+3d

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.