MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Johnson, Webbert, & Beard LLP

bd_a00e22fe66f17b55 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 19, 2025

Filed

May 11, 2026

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Johnson, Webbert, & Beard LLP →2 incidents on file

Johnson, Webbert & Beard, LLP (JWB) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a ransomware incident discovered on September 19, 2025. Unauthorized access occurred between September 15 and 19, 2025, potentially exposing personal information, including SSNs and financial account data, of 18 New Hampshire residents. JWB secured its network, engaged forensic investigators, and reported the incident to the FBI. Notifications were sent to affected individuals on May 7, 2026, offering credit monitoring services.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 234 days

Sep 15, 2025

Begins

Sep 19, 2025

Discovered

May 11, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_0eb000d78e850cf02026-05-07 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_253f67234c3f93e52026-05-07 · +4dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_34e045524244cf242026-05-07 · +4dCandidate
Vermont State AGbd_3aae894bc66bf6b92026-05-07 · +4dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Johnson, Webbert, & Beard LLP
norm: johnson webbert beard
Industry: professional_services
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 19, 2025
Breach occurred: Sep 15, 2025 – Sep 19, 2025
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 7, 2026
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Secured its environment by disabling all unauthorized access to the network
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation supported by external cybersecurity professionals
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Engaged a third-party vendor to conduct a thorough and detailed manual review of all the data contained on the impacted servers
Notified potentially impacted individuals
Offered residents with Social Security numbers impacted a complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Changes made: Continues to evaluate and improve, where appropriate, its administrative and technical safeguards
Training its employees on best practices related to cybersecurity, policies, procedures, and protocols, and tools to protect its network environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(234 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMay 7 · first

Maine State AGMay 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 7 · first

Vermont State AGMay 7 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/johnson-webbert-beard-20260511.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 11, 2026
Raw hash: cd9992e800821a1e7dc9667926b880dc2f302952b4cd7bc9ee647603cc1d818c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityJohnson, Webbert, & Beard LLP

Incidentdiscovered Sep 19, 2025

Stated responseSecured its environment by disabling all unauthorized access to the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov