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Brooklyn Defender Services

bd_a607b5ab54031079 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 13, 2020

Filed

Dec 10, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Brooklyn Defender Services →3 incidents on file

Brooklyn Defender Services notified individuals that unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred. The organization secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and reviewed emails to identify impacted individuals. Identity monitoring services were offered. No indication of actual misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Sep 13, 2020

Discovered

Dec 10, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4db59d4bdd12217d2020-12-10Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6d7f26414fff64c92020-12-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Brooklyn Defender Services
norm: brooklyn defender
Domain: bds.org

Name: Brooklyn Defender Services
norm: brooklyn defender
Domain: bds.org
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Began an investigation
Engaged a computer forensic firm
Reviewed all of the emails and attachments in the account
Arranged for Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Added additional authentication measures for remote email access
Implemented additional data security measures
Re-educating our staff for awareness on these types of incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 10 · first

Montana State AGDec 10 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/brooklynSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 10, 2020
Raw hash: f2958a91d7475011192127ed20e7c922ce16c3e1aa29058291c0c961f104c2bb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrooklyn Defender Services

Victim entityBrooklyn Defender Services

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2020

Stated responseSecured the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov