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Newman Ferrara LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 9, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 records

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2024-02-22

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

New York Law Firm with a National Presence When the partners at some of New York’s largest law firms need assistance with New York’s arcane real estate law, or when investors, consumers, and those who have suffered civil rights violations require aggressive representation, they go to Newman Ferrara. With over five decades of experience at its disposal, Newman Ferrara has evolved into a national practice focused on Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Civil Rights, Class Actions and other Complex, Multiparty Litigation. In addition to teaching at law schools and universities, lecturing at CLE programs and co-authoring some of the state’s leading practice treatises, the firm’s attorneys are regularly called upon by the media to offer their unique insights on the latest legal developments and trends. Newman Ferrara represents many of the city’s largest property owners and managing agents, and handles some of the nation’s most significant class actions and civil rights matters. Whether it involves the purchase or sale of real property, or representing litigants in convoluted disputes, the firm’s lawyers work diligently to get the job done and endeavor to do so in an expeditious and cost-effective manner. Offering a comprehensive and multifaceted range of services, as well as a targeted approach to their clients’ needs, Newman Ferrara provides big-firm quality without compromising the personal attention clients expect and deserve. Newman Ferrara remains committed to pursuing socially meaningful cases and will prosecute them in the most efficient manner and with the highest level of professional competence. The boutique structure of our firm allows us to provide clients with personalized attention and increased access to their attorneys and, when appropriate, Newman Ferrara works in conjunction with a network of counsel, nationwide.SITE: www.nfllp.com Address : 1250 Broadway

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Feb 9, 2024

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 4 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗

Pattern: first filing Mar 29 (MA), last Dec 19 (MA) — a 265-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.