Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 7, 2022

Filed

Mar 3, 2023

To disclose

52 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation →

Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation notified clients of a data breach after an employee's email account was compromised via phishing on March 7, 2022. The unauthorized party used the account to propagate a phishing campaign. Personal information potentially accessed included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and driver's license numbers. The firm engaged forensic experts, implemented additional authentication and training, and offered credit monitoring services.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 7, 2022 → Notified Feb 6, 2023336d ✗ CA 60-day late52 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 52 weeks / 361 days

Mar 7, 2022

Begins

Mar 7, 2022

Discovered

Mar 3, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2075bca9d94554782023-02-08 · +23dCandidate

Name: Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation
norm: saltzman johnson law

Name: Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation
norm: saltzman johnson law
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2022
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged with cybersecurity experts to perform forensic investigation on the compromised account
Added additional authentication measures for all users
Conducted additional training, including weekly phishing training
Changed procedures to not email sensitive data
Advised third-parties to not email to SJLC sensitive data unless necessary
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score/Cyber Monitoring services at no charge
Changes made: Added additional authentication measures for all users
Conducted additional training, including weekly phishing training
Changed procedures to not email sensitive data
Advised third-parties to not email to SJLC sensitive data unless necessary
Utilize a Cybersecurity Committee comprised of a subset of the firm’s management responsible for drafting and implementing cybersecurity policy
Overseeing the firm’s outside information technology vendor with regard to implementation of cybersecurity protocols including password protocols, software, as well as implementation of the annual risk assessment and review of the results
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 52 weeks(361 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 336d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 7, 2022
→ Notified: Feb 6, 2023
336d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 7, 2022 → Notified: Feb 6, 2023	336d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 8 · first

California State AG+23d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 8 (MT), last Mar 3 (CA) — a 23-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-563864
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 3, 2023
Raw hash: 05bb92c95e47980bf41af21b48d1e54e596df511d7854b0ae7f478cbad28617c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySaltzman & Johnson Law Corporation

Victim entitySaltzman & Johnson Law Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Mar 7, 2022

Stated responseEngaged with cybersecurity experts to perform forensic investigation on the compromised account

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov