HackingProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

James E. Albertelli P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 21, 2025

Filed

Jan 20, 2026

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for James E. Albertelli P.A. →2 incidents on file

James E. Albertelli P.A. (d/b/a ALAW), represented by McDonald Hopkins LLC, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident affecting one New Hampshire resident. Unauthorized access to ALAW's network occurred between August 6 and August 13, 2025. The incident involved the potential acquisition of personal information, including full names and Social Security numbers, related to a Nationstar/Mr. Cooper client. ALAW engaged cybersecurity experts, secured systems, and provided one year of credit monitoring to the affected individual. Notification to the resident was sent on January 14, 2026.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 152 days

Aug 6, 2025

Begins

Aug 21, 2025

Discovered

Jan 20, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_6b1cc491faeb84a02026-01-15 · +5dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: James E. Albertelli P.A.
norm: james e albertelli
Also named: James E. Albertelli P.A.dba oflegal entity
ALAWdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 21, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 6, 2025 – Aug 13, 2025
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 14, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General John FormellaNotified New Hampshire Banking Department
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, was involved
Secured our systems and have continued to monitor for other suspicious activity
Providing the affected residents with written notification
Providing credit monitoring to individuals whose Social Security number was potentially impacted
Changes made: Reviewing its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools to mitigate risk
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(152 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 AGJan 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 15 (MA), last Jan 20 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/james-e-albertelli-alaw-20260120.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 20, 2026
Raw hash: 1ca13d3a44bfab210c3706cca1354a708515a84370453af11606c978b623bc65

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityJames E. Albertelli P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 21, 2025

Stated responseEngaged leading cybersecurity experts to identify what personal information, if any, was involved

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov