HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

New York Legal Assistance Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 8, 2020

Filed

Jan 19, 2021

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for New York Legal Assistance Group →2 incidents on file

New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) notified individuals that unauthorized parties accessed employee email accounts between August 15 and September 24, 2020. The breach may have exposed personal information including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account data, health insurance info, and credentials. NYLAG reset passwords, engaged a specialist, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Aug 15, 2020

Begins

Sep 8, 2020

Discovered

Jan 19, 2021

Filed

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on median

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_364389fe1297993d2021-01-19Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_d48f4f8ad66537892021-01-19Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f08e70d9ccbcfbd82021-01-19Verified

Name: New York Legal Assistance Group
norm: new york legal assistance

Name: New York Legal Assistance Group
norm: new york legal assistance
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 15, 2020 – Sep 24, 2020
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Started an investigation
Worked with a computer specialist that has expertise in email security incidents
Forced a password reset for the entire organization
Offering free identity monitoring services for 12 months through TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Put additional security measures in place to protect against another incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
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 AGJan 19 · first

Indiana State AGJan 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 19 · first

Montana State AGJan 19 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/nySamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2021
Raw hash: a78a32e56d12b02c4a15866a25981208d78c0c2e713d7717fa4046a6d8690c5c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNew York Legal Assistance Group

Victim entityNew York Legal Assistance Group

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2020

Stated responseStarted an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov