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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Brooklyn Defender Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2020

Filed

Dec 11, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Brooklyn Defender Services3 incidents on file

Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident where an unauthorized person accessed employee email accounts between April 3 and May 5, 2020. BDS discovered the breach on September 13, 2020, engaged forensic investigators, and secured the accounts. Two New Hampshire residents were identified as potentially affected, with their names, addresses, and Social Security numbers potentially accessible. BDS mailed notifications on December 10, 2020, and provided one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Kroll. Remediation included enhanced authentication for remote email access and staff re-education.

Incident timeline

undetected · 163 days
discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Apr 3, 2020

Begins

Sep 13, 2020

Discovered

Dec 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGDec 10 · first
Montana State AGDec 10 · first
New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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.