Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Edwards Law Office, P.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 15, 2021

Filed

May 13, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Edwards Law Office, P.C. notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account between Nov 14-17, 2020. PHI and PII were exposed. Discovery was confirmed on April 15, 2021, after forensic review. No identity fraud reported to date.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 152 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Nov 14, 2020

Begins

Apr 15, 2021

Discovered

May 13, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Edwards Law Office, P.C.
norm: edwards law office

Name: Edwards Law Office, P.C.
norm: edwards law office
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 14, 2020 – Nov 17, 2020
Undetected for: 152 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/edwards-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 13, 2021
Raw hash: 50feb8b8586bf027aa48a314b16fd2fa833c5917ea0063c7da0a8563976a946f

Reporting entityEdwards Law Office, P.C.

Victim entityEdwards Law Office, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 15, 2021

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov