HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Christopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 2, 2024

Filed

Feb 8, 2025

To disclose

45 weeks

Affected

97state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Christopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law →

Mewborn & DeSelms, an NC law firm, notified Maryland AG of a data event affecting 97 residents. Unauthorized access to files containing names, SSNs, and driver's licenses occurred around May 30, 2024. Incident discovered April 2, 2024. Firm engaged cybersecurity specialists, notified law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maryland clock✗ MD AG >90d45 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

May 30, 2024

Begins

Feb 8, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_fd5d1af663332d262025-02-08Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_709c51918e5320a92025-02-07 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_44c78db0db8b6e522025-02-10 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d4f1aaf8328bfb592025-02-10 · +2dVerified by operator

Name: Christopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law
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Name: Christopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law
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Also named: Christopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A.dba oflegal entity
Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Lawdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 2, 2024
Breach occurred: May 30, 2024
Materiality determined: Feb 8, 2025
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 97state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity specialists to assist with the process
Undertook a comprehensive review of those files
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Cyberscout, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing individuals with information on how to place a fraud alert and security freeze on one’s credit file
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 45 weeks(312 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Maryland State AG+1d · this page

Vermont State AG+3d

Maine 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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376341.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 8, 2025
Raw hash: 3915a75ae1a1d8538fd8bd1db95b6194a0732decda576fd2d6fc1134fcd5d564

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChristopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law

Victim entityChristopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law

Incidentdiscovered Apr 2, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity specialists to assist with the process

ComplianceMD AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov