HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bet Tzedek Legal Services

bd_5d57ab4b5c58ebce · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 3, 2021

Filed

Jan 13, 2022

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bet Tzedek Legal Services →

Bet Tzedek Legal Services reported unauthorized access to six employee email accounts. The breach occurred between June 28, 2021, and September 3, 2021, and was discovered on September 3, 2021. Personal information, including names and potentially other PII, was exposed in emails or attachments. The organization secured the email environment, engaged a cybersecurity firm, and offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Sep 3, 2021 → Notified Jan 13, 2022132d ✗ CA 60-day late19 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 67 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 132 days

Jun 28, 2021

Begins

Sep 3, 2021

Discovered

Jan 13, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Name: Bet Tzedek Legal Services
norm: bet tzedek legal
Domain: bettzedek.org

Name: Bet Tzedek Legal Services
norm: bet tzedek legal
Domain: bettzedek.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 3, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 28, 2021 – Sep 3, 2021
Undetected for: 67 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 13, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our email environment
Began an investigation
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to assist
Conducted a review of the contents of the email accounts to identify any individuals whose personal information may have been contained within the emails and attachments
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to enhance our existing security protocols
Continuing to train our employees to be aware of these types of incidents
Offering a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(132 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 132d
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: Sep 3, 2021
→ Notified: Jan 13, 2022
132d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Sep 3, 2021 → Notified: Jan 13, 2022	132d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-549979
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 13, 2022
Raw hash: fa99672f05aea2b8458d322b279a77a45b8f0dbdf2a1d5cac06f4f3e8890a245

Reporting entityBet Tzedek Legal Services

Victim entityBet Tzedek Legal Services

Incidentdiscovered Sep 3, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to secure our email environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov