HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

James E. Albertelli P.A.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 21, 2025

Filed

Jan 15, 2026

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

55state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for James E. Albertelli P.A. →2 incidents on file

James E. Albertelli, P.A. d/b/a ALAW, a legal counsel provider to financial service industry clients, experienced unauthorized access to its network between August 6 and August 13, 2025. The firm learned of the incident on August 21, 2025, when a source on the internet claimed possession of data. Investigation confirmed unauthorized access during the specified window. Personal information of clients may have been accessed. The firm engaged external cybersecurity professionals, secured systems, and is offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring. The incident is contained.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 147 days

Aug 6, 2025

Begins

Aug 21, 2025

Discovered

Jan 15, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_c4e09e53dd424c942026-01-20 · +5dCandidate

Name: James E. Albertelli P.A.
norm: james e albertelli

Name: James E. Albertelli P.A.
norm: james e albertelli
Also named: James E. Albertelli, P.A.dba oflegal entity
ALAWdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 21, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 6, 2025 – Aug 13, 2025
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 14, 2026
Affected individuals: 55state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation with external cybersecurity professionals
Secured our systems
Continued to monitor for other suspicious activity
Providing complimentary access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Reviewing its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools to mitigate risk and to help prevent similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(147 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
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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Massachusetts State AGJan 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 15 (MA), last Jan 20 (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.

Source URL: https://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-65-james-e-albertelli-pa-dba-alaw/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2026
Raw hash: d5682801000619e561cc5bfefaec4f3e2ee1c17bc9ba97d5d7ba463e9d3966c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJames E. Albertelli P.A.

Victim entityJames E. Albertelli P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 21, 2025

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation with external cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov