HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Wacks Law Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2024

Filed

Jul 31, 2024

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for The Wacks Law Group →

The Wacks Law Group LLC notified consumers of a data breach discovered on March 9, 2024, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, disabled accounts, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday21 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 144 days

Mar 9, 2024

Discovered

Jul 31, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 118 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteqilinbd_e83c016ca4a159b52024-07-05 · +26dVerified by operator
Leak Siteqilinbd_d96f248ca3a8ed8f2024-04-03 · +118dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0238cd644a37e7b22024-07-31Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_f66b8290ac85b61f2024-08-06 · +6dVerified by operator

Name: The Wacks Law Group
norm: the wacks law
Domain: www,wackslaw.net

Name: The Wacks Law Group
norm: the wacks law
Domain: www,wackslaw.net
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further
Disabled all relevant accounts
Worked with third-party specialists to confirm the security of our environment
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(144 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 31 · first

Vermont State AGJul 31 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jul 31 (MA), last Aug 6 (NH) — a 6-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-31-wacks-law-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2024
Raw hash: 8a3bc6165d4d011e5cdbafe437a79003e659ff2117b674a28562c94ef96fc825

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Wacks Law Group

Victim entityThe Wacks Law Group

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2024

Stated responseEngaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov