HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 5, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. →

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. notified Montana residents that an unauthorized individual accessed two employee email accounts between March 18-26, 2020. Compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and offered one year of credit monitoring via TransUnion.

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Incident timeline

Mar 18, 2020

Begins

Oct 5, 2020

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
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Name: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
norm: fredrikson byron
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 18, 2020 – Mar 26, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Acted immediately to secure our systems
Launch an investigation into the event in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering you a one-year membership in the “myTrueIdentity” program provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of such information
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.

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/Fred-notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 5, 2020
Raw hash: ca22df159b71ea7f6e9f7759b1067d8cb34fd49f3fa2e70a3dc46a34c511b993

Reporting entityFredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Victim entityFredrikson & Byron, P.A.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseActed immediately to secure our systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov