MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Berman & Rabin

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 8, 2024

Filed

Jan 28, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Berman & Rabin →3 incidents on file

Berman & Rabin, P.A. experienced a ransomware incident where an unknown actor gained access to systems between July 5-8, 2024, encrypting files. The firm discovered suspicious activity on July 8, 2024. Personal information, including names and potentially other data elements, may have been accessed. The firm notified federal law enforcement, secured systems, and is offering credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 8, 2024 → Notified Jan 23, 2025199d ✗ CA 60-day late29 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 204 days

Jul 5, 2024

Begins

Jul 8, 2024

Discovered

Jan 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_010c6552c51197a72025-01-28Candidate
Nebraska State AGbd_14fd7a1f40f921a42025-01-28Verified
Delaware State AGbd_51c4dfdefb47c41b2025-01-28Verified
Washington State AGbd_55a4ecdc640d53672025-01-28Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_57200978e1d048382025-01-28Verified
Iowa State AGbd_649bb4e63805c3382025-01-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_67dbf6cb77ebe9522025-01-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_ade90aa399a9c1d72025-01-28Verified
Vermont State AGbd_d19726f54b2626262025-01-28Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_e7c454baabfa844d2025-01-29 · +1dVerified

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Berman & Rabin
norm: berman rabin
Domain: bermanrabin.com

Name: Berman & Rabin
norm: berman rabin
Domain: bermanrabin.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 8, 2024
Breach occurred: Jul 5, 2024 – Jul 8, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 23, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure our environment
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Notified federal law enforcement
Reviewed our security policies and procedures
Implementing additional security measures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 12/24 months at no cost to you, through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed our security policies and procedures
Implementing additional security measures to reduce the risk of similar future events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(204 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 199d
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: Jul 8, 2024
→ Notified: Jan 23, 2025
199d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 8, 2024 → Notified: Jan 23, 2025	199d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Maine State AGJan 28 · first

Nebraska State AGJan 28 · first

Delaware State AGJan 28 · first

Washington State AGJan 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 28 · first

Iowa State AGJan 28 · first

Indiana State AGJan 28 · first

Montana State AGJan 28 · first

Vermont State AGJan 28 · first

California State AGJan 28 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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/sb24-597972
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2025
Raw hash: e95d07f3c3e18c8b6c6ca746e710ca5c7d710d9c56bdd78e3d8f4dbfef648302

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBerman & Rabin

Victim entityBerman & Rabin

Incidentdiscovered Jul 8, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov