HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Peterson Law Offices

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 31, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Peterson Law Offices →3 incidents on file

Peterson Law Offices, P.C. disclosed a data breach detected on October 31, 2024, involving unauthorized access to client and employee data. The incident exposed names, contact info, government IDs (SSN, driver's license), medical info, and financial details. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services. The filing covers residents in Maryland, North Carolina, and New York.

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Incident timeline

Oct 31, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2026

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Peterson Law Offices
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Name: Peterson Law Offices
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 31, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Maryland Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to investigate
Engaged a data-review firm to review the content of impacted files
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Offered complimentary credit monitoring / identity protection services (Experian IdentityWorks)
Secured systems to protect information
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.

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.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376818.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2026
Raw hash: 233aa096aab3ff0fbadf0db2c26950ed214e68a2321bb60ccd213ddef009d24f

Reporting entityPeterson Law Offices

Victim entityPeterson Law Offices

Incidentdiscovered Oct 31, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov