HackingIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mewborn & DeSelms

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 2, 2024

Filed

Feb 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mewborn & DeSelms →

Mewborn & DeSelms, a law firm based in Jacksonville, NC, reported a data security event to the Nebraska Attorney General on February 11, 2025. The incident involved unauthorized access to files containing names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers of approximately 8 Nebraska residents. The firm detected a network disruption on April 2, 2024, and determined unauthorized access occurred on May 30, 2024. Notices were sent to affected individuals on February 7, 2025, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

Incident timeline

May 30, 2024

Begins

Feb 7, 2025

Filed

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

A leak claim by blacksuit about this victim predates this filing by 311 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_082b8857bd9fb65b2024-05-08 · +275dVerified by operator
Leak Siteblacksuitbd_6846d4d7ca16f6aa2024-04-02 · +311dCandidate

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ae93bee9d40bd1a92025-02-11 · +4dVerified by operator

Name: Christopher L Mewborn Attorney PA
norm: christopher l mewborn attorney

Name: Mewborn & DeSelms
norm: mewborn deselms
Domain: mewbornlaw.biz

Discovered: Apr 2, 2024
Breach occurred: May 30, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity specialists to assist with the process
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Cyberscout
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Provided written notice of this incident to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Nebraska State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/Mewborn & DeSelms - Notice of Data Security Event (NE).pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2025
Raw hash: 9c68c97250be011715a5f6297c671a3cc1a90e431e4624fc4a8c9bed05f1f75e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChristopher L Mewborn Attorney PA

Victim entityMewborn & DeSelms

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity specialists to assist with the process

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov