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Ewald Consulting

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 15, 2025

Filed

Sep 2, 2025

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ewald Consulting →

Ewald Consulting, LLC notified the California Attorney General of a data breach discovered on January 15, 2025. Suspicious activity was detected on a server storing archived data. The incident potentially exposed names and dates of birth. The company locked down its network, conducted a forensic investigation, and retired the affected server. No evidence of misuse was found. Identity theft protection services were offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 15, 2025 → Notified Aug 6, 2025203d ✗ CA 60-day late33 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 230 days

Jan 15, 2025

Begins

Jan 15, 2025

Discovered

Sep 2, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_bd5272ceec8145ac2025-03-04 · +182dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Texas State AGbd_1cf21b6e31eace3c2025-08-19 · +14dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_293a54dcbeffd1d32025-08-12 · +21dVerified

Name: Ewald Consulting
norm: ewald consulting
Domain: ewald-consulting.com

Name: Ewald Consulting
norm: ewald consulting
Domain: ewald-consulting.com

Discovered: Jan 15, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 15, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Initiated investigation into suspicious activity
Took precautionary measures to lock down its network
Conducted forensic investigation and dark web monitoring
Removed information immediately upon discovery
Implemented additional safeguards to improve data security on web server infrastructure
Retired the affected server
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to improve data security on web server infrastructure
Retired the affected server
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(230 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 203d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 15, 2025
→ Notified: Aug 6, 2025
203d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 15, 2025 → Notified: Aug 6, 2025	203d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGAug 12 · first

Texas State AG+7d

California State AG+21d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 12 (IN), last Sep 2 (CA) — a 21-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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-608013
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 2, 2025
Raw hash: cd2b70f59b3764346a1262fd62e637ed2d30139c3dc491b801a23a7d11e22a41

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEwald Consulting

Victim entityEwald Consulting

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2025

Stated responseInitiated investigation into suspicious activity

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov