MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedPIILowContained

Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd

bd_d831b290507ba796 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 13, 2020

Filed

Jul 12, 2021

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd →

Law firm Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. (HSPRD) reported a malware incident to the NH AG. Unauthorized actors gained access between Aug 28 and Sep 14, 2020, placing malware that disrupted systems. 4 NH residents were notified. HSPRD engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 302 days

Aug 28, 2020

Begins

Sep 13, 2020

Discovered

Jul 12, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8744a80acb56d5502021-07-09 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_4eb5bbb15feaf7572021-01-01 · +192dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5350719f20af520c2020-12-11 · +213dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5e424036e455da812020-12-11 · +213dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 558d gap

Maine State AGbd_7296643c49813ca92020-12-11 · +213dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0217a6cd2bf6887e2020-11-10 · +244dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_9cfaaa0a22f363e82020-01-01 · +558dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd
norm: hughes socol piers resnick dym
Domain: hsplegal.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 28, 2020 – Sep 14, 2020
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 10, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying state and federal regulators, as required

During the incident: Commenced an investigation
Working with third-party IT and forensic investigators
Secure our network
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through TransUnion
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Review our existing policies and procedures
Provide additional training to our employees on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(302 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+314d

Montana State AG+345d

Massachusetts State AG+345d

Maine State AG+345d

Illinois State AG+366d

Montana State AG+555d

New Hampshire State AG+558d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 12 (NH) — a 558-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/hughes-socol-piers-resnick-dym-20210712.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 12, 2021
Raw hash: 00c0c758e440d23dd33e8c41a690979b93ab8a733cfece14848f3fdad58430d8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityHughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov