HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 14, 2024

Filed

Jun 10, 2025

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP →

Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP (CSMD) detected unauthorized access to one email account on November 14, 2024. The breach date listed by the CA AG is September 30, 2024. The incident involved potential exposure of personal information including names and other variable data. CSMD secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, changed credentials, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 45 days

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 208 days

Sep 30, 2024

Begins

Nov 14, 2024

Discovered

Jun 10, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_5d57c5e6c49ba4652025-06-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_6a1031c4c94f109b2025-06-10Verified

Name: Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP
norm: comyns smith mccleary deaver
Domain: csmllp.com

Name: Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP
norm: comyns smith mccleary deaver
Domain: csmllp.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 14, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 30, 2024
Undetected for: 45 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Secured the affected e-mail account
Engaged a specialized third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a comprehensive investigation
Changed all user credentials
Enhanced the security measures
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through HaystackID
Changes made: Changed all user credentials
Enhanced the security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(208 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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Massachusetts State AGJun 10 · first

Indiana State AGJun 10 · first

California State AGJun 10 · first · this page

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/sb24-603836
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2025
Raw hash: b053ecb83cee5954538285db53a3327e4f387e3fc08fcfcf7ff917e73e0670fa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityComyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP

Victim entityComyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver LLP

Incidentdiscovered Nov 14, 2024

Stated responseSecured the affected e-mail account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov