HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 26, 2023

Filed

Sep 13, 2024

To disclose

50 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson →

Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson P.L.L.C. notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to an email account between Aug 20 and Sep 26, 2023. Suspicious activity was discovered on Sep 26, 2023. The incident may have exposed client names. The firm engaged external cybersecurity professionals and offered complimentary identity theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days

discovery → filing · 50 weeks / 353 days

Aug 20, 2023

Begins

Sep 26, 2023

Discovered

Sep 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_fb1b46dde426411b2024-09-13Verified

Name: Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson
norm: law offices of todd s richardson

Name: Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 20, 2023 – Sep 26, 2023
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the password to the affected account
Terminated all external access to the account
Continued to monitor the account for unauthorized access or other suspicious activity
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Evaluate and modify our practices and security controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 50 weeks(353 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGSep 13 · first

Montana State AGSep 13 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1684.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 13, 2024
Raw hash: b3b1d7f5c49306c8bdacbe94ad54b8c9f69b3128990d7247d2293e9cd67d90d2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLaw Offices of Todd S. Richardson

Victim entityLaw Offices of Todd S. Richardson

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2023

Stated responseChanged the password to the affected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov