HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Blum, Shapiro & Company, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 17, 2020

Filed

Jul 20, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

29state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Blum, Shapiro & Company, P.C. →

Blum, Shapiro & Company, P.C. notified the NH AG of a data security incident discovered June 17, 2020, where compromised credentials led to unauthorized access to its document management system. 29 NH residents were affected, with data including names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers exposed. Blum engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI and IRS, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Jun 17, 2020

Discovered

Jul 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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_16c931c92fbd3fc72020-07-18 · +2dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Blum, Shapiro & Company, P.C.
norm: blum shapiro
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2020
Affected individuals: 29state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure the document management system
Engaged leading, independent digital forensics and cybersecurity experts
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division
Provided notice to all potentially affected individuals
Offering 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services at no charge through Norton LifeLock
Changes made: Working with cybersecurity experts to identify steps that can be taken to strengthen the security of its document management platform
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · 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/blum-shapiro-20200720.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2020
Raw hash: 7d9d1ec13ac6259abfb177bd4794608d098ce21109026f919b0f39ac806d4f7a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityBlum, Shapiro & Company, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the document management system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov