MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Berman & Rabin

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 8, 2024

Filed

Jan 28, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Berman & Rabin →3 incidents on file

Berman & Rabin, P.A. notified consumers of a ransomware incident occurring July 5-8, 2024. An unknown actor encrypted files and may have accessed personal information (names and variable data elements). No evidence of identity theft was found. The firm engaged federal law enforcement, secured systems, and offered 12-24 months of credit monitoring via IDX. Rhode Island residents were specifically identified as potentially impacted.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday29 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 204 days

Jul 5, 2024

Begins

Jul 8, 2024

Discovered

Oct 8, 2024

Scope determined

Jan 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_010c6552c51197a72025-01-28Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_14fd7a1f40f921a42025-01-28Verified
Delaware State AGbd_51c4dfdefb47c41b2025-01-28Verified
Washington State AGbd_55a4ecdc640d53672025-01-28Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_57200978e1d048382025-01-28Verified
Iowa State AGbd_649bb4e63805c3382025-01-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_67dbf6cb77ebe9522025-01-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_ade90aa399a9c1d72025-01-28Verified
Oregon State AGbd_d4c9531320fcd7c22025-01-28Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_e7c454baabfa844d2025-01-29 · +1dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Berman & Rabin
norm: berman rabin
Domain: bermanrabin.com

Name: Berman & Rabin
norm: berman rabin
Domain: bermanrabin.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 8, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 5, 2024 – Jul 8, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Oct 8, 2024
Notification sent: Jan 23, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure our environment and to launch an investigation
Notified federal law enforcement
Offering you access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 12/24 months at no cost to you, through IDX
Reviewed our security policies and procedures and are implementing additional security measures
Changes made: Implementing additional security measures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(204 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 · 11 filings · 11 states

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Maine State AGJan 28 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 28 · first

Delaware State AGJan 28 · first

Washington State AGJan 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 28 · first

Iowa State AGJan 28 · first

Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Montana State AGJan 28 · first

Oregon State AGJan 28 · first

Vermont State AGJan 28 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-01-28-berman-rabin-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2025
Raw hash: 192ec85e17609bf957aa5f4abcd5dd969afd9a7a9430eb1583d586cfc20ca9de

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBerman & Rabin

Victim entityBerman & Rabin

Incidentdiscovered Jul 8, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our environment and to launch an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov