HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC

bd_e646677895d6d7d4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 11, 2025

Filed

Feb 23, 2026

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC →

Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC, an immigration law firm, notified consumers of a data incident discovered on May 11, 2025. An unauthorized third party accessed systems and removed data, potentially exposing names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, and government IDs. The firm secured systems, reset passwords, engaged forensic specialists and law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday41 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 · 41 weeks / 288 days

May 11, 2025

Discovered

Feb 23, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+22 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_8babc6b37a03f1132026-02-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_583066cf1405f0642025-12-31 · +54dCandidate

Name: Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC
norm: cyrus d mehta

Name: Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC
norm: cyrus d mehta
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 11, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 31, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Consulted with law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Secured the impacted systems
Reset all account passwords
Engaged with the threat actors
Consulted with law enforcement
Launched an investigation with third-party cybersecurity and data forensic specialists
Severed the unauthorized user’s access to our system
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures across our network
Strengthening our existing multi-factor authentication processes
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring / Single Bureau Credit Report / Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(288 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGDec 31 · first

Massachusetts State AG+54d

Vermont State AG+54d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 31 (IN), last Feb 23 (VT) — a 54-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/2026-02-23-cyrus-d-mehta-partners-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2026
Raw hash: 19db529aa0872be8caaadfe0011e24c2659dd938c428581cd2b090025211ebf8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC

Victim entityCyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC

Incidentdiscovered May 11, 2025

Stated responseSecured the impacted systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov