HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

The Van Winkle Law Firm

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

Mar 19, 2024

To disclose

20 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

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The Van Winkle Law Firm experienced a data security incident on February 28, 2024, involving suspicious activity in its payroll software. Potentially accessed data included names, bank account numbers, passport numbers, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers. No evidence of actual misuse was found. The firm engaged cybersecurity experts, secured systems, and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

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Vermont clock✓ VT AG ≤14 bday20 days 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

discovery → filing · 20 days

Feb 28, 2024

Discovered

Mar 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1892447ef4390f9d2024-03-19Verified

Name: The Van Winkle Law Firm
norm: the van winkle law firm

Name: The Van Winkle Law Firm
norm: the van winkle law firm
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 19, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure systems
Launched an investigation
Engaged independent cybersecurity experts
Offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection services through CyEx
Changes made: Implementing additional technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG ≤14 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 19 · first

Vermont State AGMar 19 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-19-van-winkle-law-firm-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 19, 2024
Raw hash: 5e22e2cac1a02fddfc466af4404d34963a9c6e5f1064733ecaca365c73b3d4df

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Van Winkle Law Firm

Victim entityThe Van Winkle Law Firm

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2024

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure systems

ComplianceVT AG ≤14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov