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Berman & Rabin

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 8, 2024

Filed

Jan 29, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

2,811state residents only

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Berman & Rabin, P.A. notified South Carolina regulators of a cybersecurity incident occurring between July 5 and July 8, 2024. An unknown actor gained access to systems and encrypted files (ransomware). The firm notified federal law enforcement, secured its environment, and is offering 12-24 months of credit monitoring. The breach potentially impacted client personal information (names) and specifically identified approximately 352 Rhode Island residents. No evidence of identity theft was found.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due29 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

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 205 days

Jul 5, 2024

Begins

Jul 8, 2024

Discovered

Jan 29, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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_010c6552c51197a72025-01-28 · +1dCandidate
Nebraska State AGbd_14fd7a1f40f921a42025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_51c4dfdefb47c41b2025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_55a4ecdc640d53672025-01-28 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_57200978e1d048382025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Iowa State AGbd_649bb4e63805c3382025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_67dbf6cb77ebe9522025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ade90aa399a9c1d72025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_d19726f54b2626262025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_d4c9531320fcd7c22025-01-28 · +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: 2,811state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure our environment and to launch an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity
Notified federal law enforcement
Offering you 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 and are 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(205 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 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

Oregon State AGJan 28 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/Berman%26RabinPA.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2025
Raw hash: 25695c58b9f7286504f30c312464418d51068928b74b209ebe886ab484ccaf65

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 and to launch an investigation into the nature and scope of the activity

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov