MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Lanier Law Firm

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 19, 2021

Filed

Jun 7, 2022

To disclose

16 months

Affected

170state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Lanier Law Firm →3 incidents on file

The Lanier Law Firm experienced a ransomware attack in early 2021 that encrypted systems and potentially exposed personal information (name, address, SSN, driver's license) of 170 New Hampshire residents. The firm engaged forensic specialists, secured systems, and notified the NH Attorney General and affected individuals in June 2022, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 16 months / 473 days

Feb 2, 2021

Begins

Feb 19, 2021

Discovered

Jun 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_25a5a861176027742022-06-02 · +5dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_5c19cddb138b06352022-06-02 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_5ea561e15bd426c12022-06-02 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_992c0aed83ac4b5d2022-06-02 · +5dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_a59d98b8792460902022-06-02 · +5dVerified
Washington State AGbd_af1fc3359cad3ed32022-06-02 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_d6822c3e2f0893962022-06-02 · +5dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: The Lanier Law Firm
norm: the lanier law firm
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 19, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 2, 2021 – Feb 19, 2021
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2022
Affected individuals: 170state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this event to federal law enforcementNotified other appropriate state regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Secured their systems
Restored access to the information
Reported this event to federal law enforcement
Worked with third-party data review specialists to perform a comprehensive programmatic and manual review of the data
Conducted a time-intensive manual review of its records to validate the data
Confirmed address information for affected individuals to provide notifications
Began providing written notice of this event to potentially affected individuals
Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards and training to its employees
Provided access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services for 12 months through Equifax
Established a designated assistance line
Notified other appropriate state regulators
Changes made: Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 months(473 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 · 8 states

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California State AGJun 2 · first

Maine State AGJun 2 · first

Indiana State AGJun 2 · first

Montana State AGJun 2 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 2 · first

Washington State AGJun 2 · first

Oregon State AGJun 2 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 2 (CA), last Jun 7 (NH) — a 5-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/lanier-20220607.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 7, 2022
Raw hash: 17851c452aa6ee1371c66950634602278173fb6b99ffe08e1d12abe8c8f05f4e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityThe Lanier Law Firm

Incidentdiscovered Feb 19, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov