HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

James-Bates-Brannan-Groover LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for James-Bates-Brannan-Groover LLP →

James-Bates-Brannan-Groover, LLP (JBBG), a law firm, notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident. On or around April 16, 2020, JBBG detected suspicious activity in a corporate email account. Forensic investigation confirmed unauthorized access to a limited number of email accounts. The attacker was financially motivated. Personal information potentially exposed included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. One New Hampshire resident was affected. JBBG reset passwords, engaged forensic experts, contacted law enforcement, and is implementing MFA. Affected individuals were offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 151 days

Apr 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_92d12d6369fb83c32020-09-15 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_af7bd2ab3f777eaa2020-09-11 · +3dVerified

Name: James-Bates-Brannan-Groover LLP
norm: james bates brannan groover

Name: James-Bates-Brannan-Groover LLP
norm: james bates brannan groover
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 16, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 11, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reset the password of the impacted account
Contacted its cyber insurance carrier
Engaged independent computer forensic experts to investigate its network and systems
Engaged a second third-party vendor to conduct a comprehensive review of the relevant email accounts
Contacted law enforcement
Changed all passwords
Deployed an outlook monitoring software tool
Conducted additional anti-virus scanning on all systems
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Implementing multi-factor authentication
Conducted employee training
Implementing multi-factor authentication on all Office 365 accounts
Reviewing our existing information security policies and practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 11 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Maine State AG+4d

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/james-bates-brannan-groover-20200914.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: b70ef968b8321c4aada4519d4e64875fa69c9161fdcd97eab9f742bfd97f8eeb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJames-Bates-Brannan-Groover LLP

Victim entityJames-Bates-Brannan-Groover LLP

Incidentdiscovered Apr 16, 2020

Stated responseReset the password of the impacted account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov