HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Sachs Sax Caplan P.L.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 26, 2020

Filed

Mar 15, 2021

To disclose

13 months

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Sachs Sax Caplan P.L. (SSC) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data event affecting 4 NH residents. Unauthorized actors accessed SSC systems and email accounts in Jan-Feb 2020. Potential exposure of names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. SSC engaged forensic specialists, secured networks, and provided 1 year of TransUnion credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 383 days

Jan 1, 2020

Begins

Feb 26, 2020

Discovered

Mar 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Sachs Sax Caplan P.L.
norm: sachs sax caplan
Domain: ssclawfirm.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 26, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2020 – Feb 28, 2020
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 2, 2021
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked with third-party forensic specialists
Secure its network
Conducted an extensive programmatic and manual review of the affected systems and email accounts
Provided written notice of this incident to all affected individuals
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year through TransUnion
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year through TransUnion
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(383 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/sachs-sax-caplan-20210315.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 15, 2021
Raw hash: 48afe9efb69fab60ba9b3bbb8c5603d16b07c79d1b2a6db812e8aae4d07a111d

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entitySachs Sax Caplan P.L.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2020

Stated responseWorked with third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov