HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Brown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 27, 2024

Filed

Dec 4, 2024

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected · nationwide

5201 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Brown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC →

Brown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC, a law firm, experienced an external system breach (hacking) on or about February 27, 2024, when an unknown actor gained access to two employee email accounts. The incident likely exposed names and Social Security numbers of 520 individuals, including 1 Maine resident. The firm notified affected individuals on December 4, 2024, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 27, 2024 → Filed with AG Dec 4, 2024281d ✗ ME AG >90d40 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 281 days

Feb 27, 2024

Discovered

Dec 4, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e388bc7b2ba1a4752024-12-04Verified

Name: Brown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC
norm: brown gruttadaro prato
Domain: bgplawfirm.com

Name: Brown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC
norm: brown gruttadaro prato
Domain: bgplawfirm.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 27, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 4, 2024
Affected individuals: 520state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of BGP systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through IDX, a ZeroFox company
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Implementing and continue to implement technical security measures to strengthen the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(281 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 281dME resident >180d · 281d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 27, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Dec 4, 2024
281d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 27, 2024
→ Notified: Dec 4, 2024
281d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 27, 2024 → Filed with AG: Dec 4, 2024	281d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 27, 2024 → Notified: Dec 4, 2024	281d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 4 · first

Maine State AGDec 4 · 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f3d64d28-0359-417f-ab1a-4e0b6a66b394.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 4, 2024
Raw hash: 307b3296acc315c3eddc3207dd31454b34ebd912aa6f70953994e9c84b7fab7c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC

Victim entityBrown, Gruttadaro, & Prato PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 27, 2024

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov