Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Law Office of Peter S. Stern

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 1, 2023

Filed

Jun 14, 2024

To disclose

18 months

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Law Office of Peter S. Stern →

Law Office of Peter S. Stern notified clients in May 2024 that in January 2023, an unauthorized party accessed business email accounts via phishing, exposing PII including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info, and health insurance data. The firm engaged forensic investigators, secured the environment, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 months / 530 days

Jan 1, 2023

Discovered

Jun 14, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+57 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_25f3559adf1ad2be2024-06-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_52ffadfb3fa4d99b2024-06-14Verified
California State AGbd_580faf738e3d4b2f2024-06-14Verified

Name: Law Office of Peter S. Stern
norm: law office of peter s stern

Name: Law Office of Peter S. Stern
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 1, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2024
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email environment
Retained independent third-party forensic specialists to assist in its analysis
Conducting an investigation with the assistance of IT specialists
Confirming the security of our network environment
Reviewing and enhancing our technical safeguards
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing our technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(530 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 14 · first

California State AGJun 14 · first

Montana State AGJun 14 · 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-1482.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2024
Raw hash: cf2edbe64a59b343fe8310b5733f423783a7430ae8aff84bdf8210fcd4bfe41a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLaw Office of Peter S. Stern

Victim entityLaw Office of Peter S. Stern

Incidentdiscovered Jan 1, 2023

Stated responseSecured the email environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov