HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 5, 2025

Filed

Jun 20, 2025

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP →

Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP notified consumers on June 20, 2025, of an incident discovered March 5, 2025, where an unauthorized actor copied data from its network. The firm notified law enforcement, investigated, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found. Data involved likely included names.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday15 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

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 107 days

Mar 5, 2025

Discovered

Jun 20, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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

Nebraska State AGbd_53865670bde0fc2c2025-06-20Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_80c1f0b2a2b7eb8e2025-06-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_915f650c1fb7a77b2025-06-20Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_fe2856ae79e83bcd2025-06-20Verified

Name: Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP
norm: shepherd smith edwards kantas
Domain: sseklaw.com

Name: Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP
norm: shepherd smith edwards kantas
Domain: sseklaw.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 5, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 20, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Will notify applicable regulatory authorities where necessary

During the incident: Notified law enforcement
Commenced an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of the incident
Confirmed the security of our systems
Reviewed the contents of relevant data for sensitive information
Notified potentially impacted individuals
Providing twelve months of complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Transunion
Changes made: Continue to review our policies, procedures and processes related to the storage and access of personal information to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(107 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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Nebraska State AGJun 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 20 · first

Maine State AGJun 20 · first

Indiana State AGJun 20 · first

Vermont State AGJun 20 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-06-20-shepherd-smith-edwards-kantas-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 20, 2025
Raw hash: 0ea1695efd6213f772a3b546c3ac713cc7fc871e7bf3b317202de0e222949518

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Victim entityShepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Mar 5, 2025

Stated responseNotified law enforcement

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov