HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitTargetedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowActive

Pennsylvania Bar Association

bd_e91ee8041fe0717c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 7, 2020

Filed

May 26, 2020

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pennsylvania Bar Association →

Pennsylvania Bar Association notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident on its Pennsylvania Bar Institute website. Suspicious activity was detected on April 7, 2020, involving malicious code that potentially compromised names and financial information. The FBI is investigating, and forensic experts were engaged.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Apr 7, 2020

Discovered

May 26, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_86d2a685aaffaad12020-05-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1c0eac63a3507f832020-05-29 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f3941e4c5068deaa2020-06-02 · +7dVerified

Name: Pennsylvania Bar Association
norm: pennsylvania bar

Name: Pennsylvania Bar Association
norm: pennsylvania bar
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1071 Application Layer Protocol
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI, who has opened an investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged a vendor to conduct a forensic investigation
Notified the FBI
Removed the malicious code
Applied security patches to the PBI website
Changes made: Reviewing technical policies and procedures
Implementing best practices to prevent similar incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGMay 26 · first

Montana State AGMay 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 26 (IN), last Jun 2 (NH) — a 7-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-92.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2020
Raw hash: a3845b2194dd5c32f1bd480e89b447024438056d09b88014d5a286e9f2730e87

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPennsylvania Bar Association

Victim entityPennsylvania Bar Association

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a vendor to conduct a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov