HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Law Office of Peter S. Stern

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2023

Filed

Jun 14, 2024

To disclose

18 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Law Office of Peter S. Stern →

The Law Office of Peter S. Stern detected suspicious activity in its business email environment in January 2023. An unauthorized third party may have accessed emails containing personal information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, credentials, financial account info, government IDs, and health insurance/medical information. The firm secured the email environment, retained forensic specialists, and is offering credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected clients.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 1, 2023 → Notified May 21, 2024506d ✗ CA 60-day late18 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 months / 530 days

Jan 1, 2023

Begins

Jan 1, 2023

Discovered

Jun 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_25f3559adf1ad2be2024-06-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_52ffadfb3fa4d99b2024-06-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_915ef68db2643e5e2024-06-14Candidate

Name: Law Office of Peter S. Stern
norm: law office of peter s stern

Name: Law Office of Peter S. Stern
norm: law office of peter s stern
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured the email environment
Retained independent third-party forensic specialists to assist in its analysis of any unauthorized activity
Conducting an investigation with the assistance of IT specialists
Confirming the security of our network environment
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(530 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 506d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 1, 2023
→ Notified: May 21, 2024
506d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 1, 2023 → Notified: May 21, 2024	506d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 14 · first

Montana State AGJun 14 · first

California State AGJun 14 · 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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-586944
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2024
Raw hash: 0d8d7df76adbd9b087553eb8e39eb1af41ff8b63d30dcd8c443a93cdb46683be

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLaw Office of Peter S. Stern

Victim entityLaw Office of Peter S. Stern

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2023

Stated responseSecured the email environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov