HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Gearhiser, Peters, Elliot, & Cannon PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 24, 2025

Filed

Mar 16, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gearhiser, Peters, Elliot, & Cannon PLLC →2 incidents on file

Gearhiser, Peters, Elliott & Cannon, PLLC (GPEC) notified Nebraska residents of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized third party accessed GPEC systems on April 22, 2025. The breach potentially exposed names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers of 13 Nebraska residents. GPEC contained the network, engaged outside professionals for investigation, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via IDX to affected individuals. No evidence of fraud was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

Apr 22, 2025

Begins

Apr 24, 2025

Discovered

Mar 16, 2026

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_17557ab98b6249bc2026-03-16Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_7cfd0e265f19f3d82026-03-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9086c91cf594ff192026-03-16Verified
Vermont State AGbd_9ba413bfa7d6367a2026-03-16Verified

Name: Gearhiser, Peters, Elliot, & Cannon PLLC
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Name: Gearhiser, Peters, Elliot, & Cannon PLLC
norm: gearhiser peters elliot cannon
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 22, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 16, 2026
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Confirmed containment of its network environment
Initiated an investigation with the assistance of outside professionals
Conducted a diligent review of files involved
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through IDX
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice... to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMar 16 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 16 · first

Vermont State AGMar 16 · first

Nebraska State AGMar 16 · first · this page

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/9e8cbb47-d25b-4409-bada-b800a38e7e5c.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 16, 2026
Raw hash: 4166208e20c5c4fef865bb34f7cdc19e8fc761b4f2648eabf52d28af927f18e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGearhiser, Peters, Elliot, & Cannon PLLC

Victim entityGearhiser, Peters, Elliot, & Cannon PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 24, 2025

Stated responseConfirmed containment of its network environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov