DisclosureLens
HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

Sears Law Office

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 9, 2022

Filed

Jun 13, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

4908 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Sears Law Office →

Sears Law Office reported an email compromise incident that occurred on December 18, 2021, and was discovered on May 9, 2022. The breach affected 490 individuals, compromising their names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with access codes. Affected individuals were notified on June 10, 2022, and offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from Kroll.

Maine clockDiscovered May 9, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 13, 202235d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 142 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Dec 18, 2021

Begins

May 9, 2022

Discovered

Jun 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJun 13 · first
Maine State AGJun 13 · 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.