Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVishingData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

BLANK ROME LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 21, 2026

Filed

Jun 26, 2026

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BLANK ROME LLP →

Blank Rome LLP experienced a social engineering incident on May 21, 2026, where an unauthorized third party posed as IT support via phone (vishing) and misled an attorney into uploading files to an external Google Drive account. The firm identified the incident within two hours, contained it by taking the device offline and deleting the files, and engaged external cybersecurity professionals. One New Hampshire resident's personal information, including name and SSN, was confirmed to be in the affected files. The firm notified the client and the resident, and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

May 21, 2026

Begins

May 21, 2026

Discovered

Jun 26, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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_256fe2cc178645f12026-06-26Verified
California State AGbd_86e41f5aa912f8e72026-06-26Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_aedffcbae2d815dd2026-06-26Verified
Texas State AGbd_edaf1663a9007e032026-06-26Verified

Name: BLANK ROME LLP
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Name: BLANK ROME LLP
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 21, 2026
Breach occurred: May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took the attorney’s device offline
Deleted the files that were in the Google Drive account
Began an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity professionals
Notified law enforcement and is supporting its investigation
Notified the client associated with this resident beginning on May 28, 2026
Mailing a notification letter to the New Hampshire resident via U.S. First-Class mail on its clients’ behalf
Offering the residents a complimentary, one-year membership in a credit monitoring and identity protection solution, Epiq Privacy Solutions ID
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center to answer questions that the residents might have
Changes made: Provided additional targeted social engineering training throughout the firm
Collaborating with external cybersecurity professionals to assess additional technical measures aimed at mitigating similar risks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
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 AGJun 26 · first

California State AGJun 26 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 26 · first

Texas State AGJun 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 26 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/blank-rome-20260626.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2026
Raw hash: 322d1eaf21507c18f59be8c011f61a657f66064f8e4acbc4f979b09ee70f68ea

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBLANK ROME LLP

Victim entityBLANK ROME LLP

Incidentdiscovered May 21, 2026

Stated responseTook the attorney’s device offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov