HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Brown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 20, 2026

Filed

Sep 3, 2026

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Brown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C. →

Brown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C. notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident where an unauthorized actor accessed its network between January 13-20, 2026, potentially downloading files containing names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers of 18 New Hampshire residents. The firm discovered the activity on January 20, 2026, engaged cybersecurity experts, notified law enforcement, and sent notification letters on September 3, 2026, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 226 days

Jan 13, 2026

Begins

Jan 20, 2026

Discovered

Sep 3, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_174022a65669ef972026-09-03Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_510dc16c1ef7f0972026-09-03Candidate
Texas State AGbd_a8ee84b66509820e2026-09-04 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0eb293ca4ab5f9cd2026-09-01 · +2dVerified

Name: Brown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C.
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Name: Brown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C.
norm: brown jake mcdaniel
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 20, 2026
Breach occurred: Jan 13, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 3, 2026
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Initiated an investigation of the matter
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to assist with this process
Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment
Notified law enforcement
Issuing notification letters to affected individuals
Providing complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment in an effort to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(226 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 1 · first

Vermont State AG+2d

South Carolina State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

Texas State AG+3d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/brown-jake-mcdaniel-20260903.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 3, 2026
Raw hash: e5cbe038d7c9fd3845a177bd376d4b0d54d65ad36a9f06b1cdb0708a7b0b53ae

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C.

Victim entityBrown, Jake & McDaniel, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 20, 2026

Stated responseInitiated an investigation of the matter

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov