HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Dell & Dean PLLC

bd_56ecf07a95e3f1ef · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 29, 2022

Filed

Jul 17, 2024

To disclose

22 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dell & Dean PLLC →

Dell & Dean, PLLC notified consumers of a data security incident occurring Sept 28-29, 2022, where unauthorized access to its server infrastructure may have compromised personal information including names, addresses, and government IDs. The firm retained forensic investigators and is offering credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 months 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

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 22 months / 657 days

Sep 28, 2022

Begins

Sep 29, 2022

Discovered

Jul 17, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+75 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_a5be01fd1c2ba1842024-07-17Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a85f719b153bba1b2024-07-17Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_fc9941ff62e7563d2024-07-22 · +5dVerified

Name: Dell & Dean PLLC
norm: dell dean

Name: Dell & Dean PLLC
norm: dell dean
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 29, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 28, 2022 – Sep 29, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Undertook efforts to restore servers
Retained a forensic investigation firm
Offering free credit monitoring through Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Working with security experts to strengthen system security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 months(657 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maine State AGJul 17 · first

Indiana State AGJul 17 · first

Vermont State AGJul 17 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jul 17 (ME), last Jul 22 (NH) — a 5-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/2024-07-17-dell-dean-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 17, 2024
Raw hash: 23e13bcc5e16163bd7c1c909e4d188e2b6f03034fe4a9c4cae0ff9c61d246a99

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDell & Dean PLLC

Victim entityDell & Dean PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2022

Stated responseUndertook efforts to restore servers

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov