HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Fee, Smith & Sharp LLP

bd_939ead29a42d3229 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 3, 2021

Filed

Oct 17, 2022

To disclose

13 months

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Fee, Smith & Sharp LLP →

Fee, Smith & Sharp, LLP notified clients of unauthorized network access between Sept 2 and Oct 3, 2021. Investigation concluded Oct 1, 2022, revealing full names and other PII were removed. No identity fraud reported. Firm offered 1-year Equifax credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 379 days

Sep 2, 2021

Begins

Oct 3, 2021

Discovered

Oct 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteakirabd_5271ba19807254fa2023-04-27 · +192dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_e541d3ec3a1e6cd02022-10-20 · +3dVerified

Name: Fee, Smith & Sharp LLP
norm: fee smith sharp
Domain: feesmith.com

Name: Fee, Smith & Sharp LLP
norm: fee smith sharp
Domain: feesmith.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 2, 2021 – Oct 3, 2021
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-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: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(379 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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Montana State AGOct 17 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

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-668.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 17, 2022
Raw hash: f1b18d81da413d4b3ffd4b586fb6f0e4b4ffde359633cf797bb6f0817d0ad900

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFee, Smith & Sharp LLP

Victim entityFee, Smith & Sharp LLP

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov