MalwareGovernmentGovernmentRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Washington State Bar Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 12, 2020

Filed

Dec 18, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4,051state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Washington State Bar Association →

Washington State Bar Association notified WA AG of a cyberattack affecting 4,051 residents. Unauthorized access to payment card data occurred between March 10 and Nov 12, 2020. Incident detected Nov 12, 2020. WSBA engaged forensic investigators and reported to FBI.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 247 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Mar 10, 2020

Begins

Nov 12, 2020

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3157fc77f289c3a32020-12-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_df3854c48aa4fdf62020-12-18Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_834c5d2e9d7b8af12020-12-21 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_81f61e810f02315c2020-12-23 · +5dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Washington State Bar Association
norm: washington state bar
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Nov 12, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 10, 2020 – Nov 12, 2020
Undetected for: 247 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,051state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameFinancial account number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 200-299d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney GeneralReported the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a digital forensics firm to assist in determining whether personal information may have been acquired without authorization
Reported the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Disabled the site
Changes made: Undertaken measures to enhance the security of the site, including extensive vulnerability testing
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGDec 18 · first

Montana State AGDec 18 · first

Washington State AGDec 18 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Dec 18 (NH), last Dec 23 (MA) — 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10373.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2020
Raw hash: 612d9d856c45fe3b38fb92198a97c4ce0de83b3adfbb027c607ced7e967b2956

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityWashington State Bar Association

Incidentdiscovered Nov 12, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a digital forensics firm to assist in determining whether personal information may have been acquired without authorization

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com