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MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 6, 2022

Filed

Aug 3, 2022

To disclose

28 days

Affected · nationwide

5672 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP →2 incidents on file

McCarter & English LLP, a law firm, experienced an external system breach (hacking) between March 5, 2022, and April 10, 2022. The breach was discovered on July 6, 2022. The incident affected 2 Maine residents, compromising their names and Social Security numbers. In response, the firm offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Jul 6, 2022 → Filed with AG Aug 3, 202228d ✓ ME AG ≤30d28 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 · 123 days
discovery → filing · 28 days

Mar 5, 2022

Begins

Jul 6, 2022

Discovered

Aug 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

15 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

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGAug 3 · first
Maine State AGAug 3 · 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.