HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Bridgewater Law Group, APC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 24, 2025

Filed

Jan 8, 2026

To disclose

15 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bridgewater Law Group, APC →

Bridgewater Law Group, APC notified clients of a data breach discovered on December 24, 2025, involving unauthorized access to systems on December 23, 2025. Affected data may include names, contact info, case documents, medical records, and SSNs. The firm engaged cybersecurity experts, secured systems, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 24, 2025 → Notified Dec 31, 20257d ✓ CA 60-day OK15 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 15 days

Dec 23, 2025

Begins

Dec 24, 2025

Discovered

Jan 8, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Bridgewater Law Group, APC
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Name: Bridgewater Law Group, APC
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Dec 23, 2025
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying appropriate regulatory authorities and law enforcement as required by law

During the incident: Immediately securing our systems and implementing additional technical safeguards
Engaging third-party cybersecurity experts to investigate and remediate the issue
Reviewing and strengthening internal data protection and access controls
Notifying appropriate regulatory authorities and law enforcement as required by law
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changes made: Implementing additional technical safeguards
Reviewing and strengthening internal data protection and access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 7d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 24, 2025
→ Notified: Dec 31, 2025
7d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 24, 2025 → Notified: Dec 31, 2025	7d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-616721
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2026
Raw hash: b33288207137b6169096db94fc2620a89f4980ce06d6860ee01789fcf1d16cbb

Reporting entityBridgewater Law Group, APC

Victim entityBridgewater Law Group, APC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 24, 2025

Stated responseImmediately securing our systems and implementing additional technical safeguards

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov