HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC

bd_b739228a602e7827 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

Apr 14, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC →

Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC (SAKG) notified Nebraska AG of a data breach affecting 3 Nebraska residents. Unauthorized access occurred between July 17 and August 6, 2024, involving email and Dropbox accounts. Names and Social Security Numbers were compromised. SAKG engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, provided 12 months of credit monitoring, and implemented additional security safeguards.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

Jul 17, 2024

Begins

Aug 1, 2024

Discovered

Apr 14, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_255fbc77f0dad6fd2025-04-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_33cf28202bb49b4c2025-04-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_52fbb56975e1b2032025-04-14Verified

Name: Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC
norm: scharnhorst ast kennard griffin

Name: Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC
norm: scharnhorst ast kennard griffin
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 17, 2024 – Aug 6, 2024
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 14, 2025
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (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 and federal regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS/OCR”) at the request of its medical provider clients and pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive review of the files in Dropbox, as well as the affected emails, with the assistance of third-party specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through IDX, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS/OCR”) at the request of its medical provider clients and pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing security policies and have implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar events moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRApr 14 · first

Indiana State AGApr 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 14 · first

Nebraska State AGApr 14 · 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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/6f9ca2fe-25c8-4256-a889-58cd0e587994.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 14, 2025
Raw hash: dca215b296edf933127ac2be601269a502c08dae19672fe2007b9ac3964ebba4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityScharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC

Victim entityScharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin PC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov