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Jarrett & Luitjens, PLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 19, 2018

Filed

May 24, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Confidence

66%

Jarrett & Luitjens, PLC, a law firm specializing in estate and elder law, reported the loss of a duplicate backup drive containing firm files. The drive was dropped in the office parking lot on April 19, 2018, and presumed stolen. The incident potentially affected 19 New Hampshire residents, as well as residents of Vermont and Rhode Island. The data potentially exposed includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The firm filed a police report and is offering one year of complimentary identity theft protection services through Experian to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Apr 19, 2018

Begins

Apr 19, 2018

Discovered

May 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed19 affectedView incident

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.