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Schwartz Levine Stark PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 21, 2023

Filed

Sep 16, 2023

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

6402 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Schwartz Levine Stark PLLC →

Schwartz Levine Stark PLLC, a professional services firm, reported an external system breach that occurred on October 29, 2021, and was discovered on August 21, 2023. The incident affected 640 individuals and compromised names and Social Security numbers. The firm began notifying affected individuals on September 1, 2023, offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Equifax.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 21, 2023 → Filed with AG Sep 16, 202326d ✓ ME AG ≤30d26 days 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 · 661 days
discovery → filing · 26 days

Oct 29, 2021

Begins

Aug 21, 2023

Discovered

Sep 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 16 · first
Maine State AGSep 16 · 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.