American Bar Association
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Full breach record for American Bar Association →2 incidents on fileThe American Bar Association (ABA) notified individuals of a data breach where an unauthorized third party gained access to its network starting March 6, 2023. The incident compromised usernames and hashed, salted passwords for accounts on the old ABA website (pre-2018) and the ABA Career Center (post-2018). The ABA activated its incident response plan, retained cybersecurity experts, and removed the unauthorized party. No plain-text passwords were exposed. Notification was sent to affected individuals, including a specific count for Rhode Island residents (4,856).
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Incident timeline
Mar 6, 2023
Begins
Mar 17, 2023
Discovered
Apr 20, 2023
Filed
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14 wks faster
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- California State AGbd_a594d6029eaa462f2023-04-20Candidate
- Washington State AGbd_1919aeff1b67bdfc2023-04-21 · +1dVerified
- Oregon State AGbd_9b4a53df43e28d252023-04-21 · +1dVerified
- South Carolina State AGbd_0e092f7ea0dad5762024-06-10 · +417dVerified
Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states
View merged incident ↗Pattern: first filing Apr 20 (CA), last Jun 10 (SC) — a 417-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?
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Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.