HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Sharp Law LLP

bd_e978ae59f2fd1450 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 21, 2024

Filed

Aug 16, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sharp Law LLP →

Sharp Law, LLP notified consumers of a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Nov 2023 and Feb 2024. The incident was investigated by forensic specialists and concluded on June 21, 2024. Customer names were present in affected emails. Sharp Law provided 12 months of identity monitoring via Kroll and implemented additional network safeguards.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday8 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 · 228 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Nov 6, 2023

Begins

Jun 21, 2024

Discovered

Aug 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_d73fba04a9b0ca4f2024-08-16Candidate
Maine State AGbd_f49b4e563b9b258a2024-08-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4edeee7c348770b82024-08-19 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_df16465e50935f8c2024-08-29 · +13dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_447b9e03f2972c172024-08-30 · +14dVerified

Name: Sharp Law LLP
norm: sharp law
Domain: sharplawllp.com

Name: Sharp Law LLP
norm: sharp law
Domain: sharplawllp.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 6, 2023 – Feb 19, 2024
Undetected for: 228 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Aug 16, 2024
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Partnered with computer forensic specialists to conduct a thorough investigation
Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to enhance the security of our network
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for twelve (12) months
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to enhance the security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGAug 16 · first

Maine State AGAug 16 · first

Vermont State AGAug 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Montana State AG+13d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Aug 16 (IN), last Aug 30 (NH) — a 14-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/2024-08-16-sharp-law-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2024
Raw hash: f3751971733f2238ae1559687e1f3790977da05d81427661daae7e1405aa071d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySharp Law LLP

Victim entitySharp Law LLP

Incidentdiscovered Jun 21, 2024

Stated responseSecured the accounts

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov