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Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jun 24, 2021

Filed

Jul 15, 2021

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

307,305488 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC reported a ransomware incident occurring on January 23, 2021, discovered on June 24, 2021. The breach affected 307,305 individuals, including 488 Maine residents. Personal information, specifically Social Security Numbers, was compromised. The firm provided 24 months of identity monitoring and restoration services via Equifax to affected parties.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 24, 2021Filed with AG Jul 15, 202121d ME AG ≤30d21 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 · 152 days
discovery → filing · 21 days

Jan 23, 2021

Begins

Jun 24, 2021

Discovered

Jul 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 195d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
Maine State AG+195d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 15 (ME) — a 195-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.