HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIICredentialsLowContained

Gislason & Hunter LLP

bd_5a562687719bf1c5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 11, 2024

Filed

Feb 11, 2025

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2522 in this filing

Confidence

65%

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Gislason & Hunter LLP reported an unauthorized access to an employee email account occurring between Sept 26 and Oct 9, 2024, discovered on Oct 11, 2024. The incident affected 252 individuals, including 2 Maine residents. The firm terminated access, engaged forensic specialists, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No misuse of information is believed to have occurred.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 11, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 11, 2025123d ✗ ME AG >90d18 weeks 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 · 15 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 123 days

Sep 26, 2024

Begins

Oct 11, 2024

Discovered

Feb 11, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed252 affectedView incident

Name: Cipriani & Werner
norm: cipriani werner
Domain: c-wlaw.com

Name: Gislason & Hunter LLP
norm: gislason hunter
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 11, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2024 – Oct 9, 2024
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 10, 2025
Affected individuals: 252state + nationwide
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Terminated access to the employee email account
Engaged outside cybersecurity specialists to determine the scope of this incident
Offered complimentary access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewed policies and procedures related to data protection
Taken additional steps to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(123 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 123dME resident >60d · 122d
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 11, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 11, 2025
123d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 11, 2024
→ Notified: Feb 10, 2025
122d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 11, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 11, 2025	123d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 11, 2024 → Notified: Feb 10, 2025	122d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-a1252b4f8318/2594c289-14c2-48db-84e5-1cd38527fd70.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2025
Raw hash: fbcb006bc0329ebfbc32ebd3d89a13075ee15507f9ed78f0bb523f0c85c6551f

Reporting entityCipriani & Werner

Victim entityGislason & Hunter LLP

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2024

Stated responseTerminated access to the employee email account

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov