HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The Seltzer Firm

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 14, 2024

Filed

Feb 19, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for The Seltzer Firm →

The Seltzer Firm notified Maryland AG of a data event where unauthorized access occurred between Dec 10-14, 2024. One Maryland resident affected. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs, and passport numbers. Firm engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Maryland clock⏱ MD AG >30d10 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Dec 10, 2024

Begins

Dec 14, 2024

Discovered

Feb 19, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0765b267fe7abb932025-02-20 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_68a86a7623a01e772025-03-12 · +21dCandidate

Name: The Seltzer Firm
norm: the seltzer firm

Name: The Seltzer Firm
norm: the seltzer firm
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 14, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 10, 2024 – Dec 14, 2024
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2025
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Maryland Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged third-party specialists to investigate
Conducted a comprehensive investigation aided by third-party forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement
Began providing written notice to potentially impacted individuals
Provided access to complimentary credit/identity monitoring services
Changes made: Took steps to secure its environment
Enhanced existing cybersecurity infrastructure
Implemented additional policies and procedures to minimize reoccurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MD AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maryland State AGFeb 19 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Pattern: first filing Feb 19 (MD), last Mar 12 (MA) — a 21-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://oag.maryland.gov/resources-info/SBN%20Documents/2025/ITU-376385.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 19, 2025
Raw hash: 4e3015f00bad137b46800a6127391a7d792253fa48d5807098f0b287172c287a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Seltzer Firm

Victim entityThe Seltzer Firm

Incidentdiscovered Dec 14, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party specialists to investigate

ComplianceMD AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.maryland.gov