PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC

bd_dacfd93754502b63 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 7, 2024

Filed

Jul 15, 2024

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC →

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC notified consumers that a laptop containing personal information was stolen from a car. The laptop was wiped remotely on April 7, 2024. The firm reported the theft to law enforcement, engaged data privacy specialists, and is offering 12-24 months of credit monitoring via Experian. The specific data types were redacted in the template but likely included PII.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday14 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 · 14 weeks / 99 days

Apr 7, 2024

Discovered

Jul 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_14b56416e9169ef42024-07-15Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_393d90e4a169de832024-07-15Verified
Vermont State AGbd_e90d2b619c01f2662024-09-06 · +53dCandidate

Name: DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC
norm: downs rachlin martin
Domain: drm.com

Name: DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC
norm: downs rachlin martin
Domain: drm.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 15, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the incident to law enforcement
Began an investigation into the information potentially stored on the laptop
Activated software safeguards to ensure that if the laptop were to come back online, its data would be automatically wiped
Reinforced with our staff the importance of safeguarding information in our possession
Worked with data privacy specialists to assist in the response
Undertook a robust effort to recreate the information potentially contained on the stolen laptop
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for [Extra3] months at no cost to you, through Experian
Changes made: Reinforced with our staff the importance of safeguarding information in our possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 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 · 4 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 15 · first

Vermont State AGJul 15 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+53d

Pattern: first filing Jul 15 (NH), last Sep 6 (VT) — a 53-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-15-downs-rachlin-martin-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 15, 2024
Raw hash: e1a6464b3f82914917f41c4a1a0a9d7341ce8a6fd8ba5b919bd512e9b6d9cf0d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC

Victim entityDOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2024

Stated responseReported the incident to law enforcement

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov