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The Lanier Law Firm

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 5, 2022

Filed

Jun 2, 2022

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

55,869159 in this filing

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Lanier Law Firm →3 incidents on file

The Lanier Law Firm reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, stating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on February 2, 2021. The breach was discovered on May 5, 2022. The incident affected 159 Maine residents, whose names and Social Security numbers were acquired. The firm notified the affected individuals on June 2, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered May 5, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 2, 202228d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 days 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 · 457 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Feb 2, 2021

Begins

May 5, 2022

Discovered

Jun 2, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 5d gap

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗
California State AGJun 2 · first
Indiana State AGJun 2 · first
Montana State AGJun 2 · first
Massachusetts State AGJun 2 · first
Washington State AGJun 2 · first
Oregon State AGJun 2 · first
Maine State AGJun 2 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jun 2 (CA), last Jun 7 (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.