MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Sewell & Neal PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 22, 2021

Filed

Aug 26, 2022

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sewell & Neal PLLC →

Sewell & Neal PLLC notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on August 26, 2022, of a ransomware incident occurring between November 9 and 23, 2021. The attack encrypted files and exfiltrated data belonging to 8 New Hampshire residents, including SSNs, driver's licenses, and medical/financial info. Sewell engaged forensic experts, alerted law enforcement, and provided credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 277 days

Nov 9, 2021

Begins

Nov 22, 2021

Discovered

Aug 26, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 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

Indiana State AGbd_8eb22c3f88a882fd2022-08-26Verified
Maine State AGbd_afde3bd94c1dc3f92022-08-26Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_cafb8b90136ed0832022-08-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_d6e430da47143df42022-08-26Verified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Sewell & Neal PLLC
norm: sewell neal
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 22, 2021
Breach occurred: Nov 9, 2021 – Nov 23, 2021
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2022
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Alerted law enforcement
Engaged leading third-party experts experienced in handling these types of incidents
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Provided written notification to affected residents
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(277 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

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Indiana State AGAug 26 · first

Maine State AGAug 26 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 26 · first

Montana State AGAug 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 26 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/sewell-neal-20220826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2022
Raw hash: 63b19582383c08eb51f36392cb7fce56d02d3646262936dd7074ecf0296cad16

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entitySewell & Neal PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 22, 2021

Stated responseAlerted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov