MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Hicks Thomas LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 29, 2024

Filed

Sep 12, 2025

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hicks Thomas LLP →

Hicks Thomas, LLP, a law firm, disclosed a ransomware incident occurring between November 20-30, 2024. The breach potentially exposed personal information including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account numbers, and medical/health insurance information. The firm engaged a cybersecurity firm for investigation and provided 12 months of complimentary TransUnion credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday41 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Nov 20, 2024

Begins

Nov 29, 2024

Discovered

Sep 12, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_222100768d0242cf2025-09-10 · +2dVerified

Name: Hicks Thomas LLP
norm: hicks thomas
Domain: hicks-thomas.com

Name: Hicks Thomas LLP
norm: hicks thomas
Domain: hicks-thomas.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 29, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 20, 2024 – Nov 30, 2024
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 5, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Vermont Attorney General's Office

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged a national cybersecurity firm to assist in assessing the scope of the incident
Took steps to mitigate the potential impact to our community
Arranged for you to activate, at no cost to you, TransUnion credit monitoring
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Evaluating opportunities to further secure our systems to prevent a similar event from occurring again in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGSep 10 · first

Vermont State AG+2d · this page

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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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-09-12-hicks-thomas-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 12, 2025
Raw hash: 0ff1eee7805fa8849d7b20b8d81ce2f1f82bd5240a396fc2903e41e336a62e29

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHicks Thomas LLP

Victim entityHicks Thomas LLP

Incidentdiscovered Nov 29, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov