HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Barran Liebman LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2022

Filed

Oct 10, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

36,9255 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Barran Liebman LLP →

Barran Liebman LLP, a law firm, reported a data breach affecting 5 Maine residents. The breach, which occurred on August 19, 2021, and was discovered on September 7, 2022, was described as an external system breach (hacking). The compromised information included names and financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers with their access codes. The firm provided 12 months of identity protection services through Experian.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 7, 2022 → Filed with AG Oct 10, 202233d ⏱ 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 · 384 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Aug 19, 2021

Begins

Sep 7, 2022

Discovered

Oct 10, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1c34b4326fd117a82022-10-07 · +3dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_f54c78eb36b3ce652022-10-07 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_984a53ff6ad8f9bf2022-10-17 · +7dVerified
Washington State AGbd_9d320e2b5409e9132022-10-17 · +7dVerified

Name: Barran Liebman LLP
norm: barran liebman

Name: Barran Liebman LLP
norm: barran liebman
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2022
Breach occurred: Aug 19, 2021
Undetected for: 384 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 7, 2022
Affected individuals: 36,925state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity protection services through Experian.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 33d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Sep 7, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Oct 10, 2022
33d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 7, 2022 → Filed with AG: Oct 10, 2022	33d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGOct 7 · first

Indiana State AGOct 7 · first

Maine State AG+3d · this page

Oregon State AG+10d

Washington State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Oct 7 (MT), last Oct 17 (WA) — a 10-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/6ba3812b-0e79-42ac-81d1-87de5dafc416.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 10, 2022
Raw hash: 2c568773495d11d1d7267243f4ff67f9d4ca8be30d78c6ee4928c363af7f1e15

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBarran Liebman LLP

Victim entityBarran Liebman LLP

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2022

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity protection services through Experian.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov