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Doherty & Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 5, 2021

Filed

Jul 2, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Doherty & Associates notified Delaware residents of a phishing incident where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account between July 8 and August 10, 2020. The breach involved personal information. The company secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 301 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Jul 8, 2020

Begins

May 5, 2021

Discovered

Jul 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Name: Doherty & Associates
norm: doherty
Domain: doherty.com

Name: Doherty & Associates
norm: doherty
Domain: doherty.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 5, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 8, 2020 – Aug 10, 2020
Undetected for: 301 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2021/07/Doherty-Notice-Letter-I-Ad-CM-SSN-redacted-9691632x7AB84.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 2, 2021
Raw hash: 600ebb667217595d9f50990d40e488e25770e9907adbdc90f551377f0159511c

Reporting entityDoherty & Associates

Victim entityDoherty & Associates

Incidentdiscovered May 5, 2021

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov