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HackingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

SMITH GAMBRELL & RUSSELL LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 25, 2022

Filed

Mar 1, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected · nationwide

78,479174 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for SMITH GAMBRELL & RUSSELL LLP6 incidents on file

The law firm Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP filed a supplemental data breach notification after an external system breach (hacking) that occurred on August 9, 2021. The breach was discovered over a year later, on October 25, 2022. The incident affected 174 Maine residents, compromising their names and driver's license or state ID numbers. The firm began notifying affected individuals between December 13, 2022, and January 13, 2023, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 25, 2022Filed with AG Mar 1, 2023127d ME AG >90d18 weeks discovery → filing
AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 442 days
discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Aug 9, 2021

Begins

Oct 25, 2022

Discovered

Mar 1, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Oregon State AGJan 11 · first
Maine State AG+49d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 11 (OR), last Mar 1 (ME) — a 49-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.