HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Sharp Law LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 21, 2024

Filed

Aug 16, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,3503 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sharp Law LLP →

Sharp Law, LLP, a law firm, reported an external system breach (hacking) affecting 3,350 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred between November 6, 2023, and February 19, 2024. The breach was discovered on June 21, 2024, following a forensic investigation. Personal information impacted included names and Social Security numbers. Notifications were sent on August 16, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 21, 2024 → Filed with AG Aug 16, 202456d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

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
Vermont State AGbd_e978ae59f2fd14502024-08-16Verified
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: Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP
norm: freeman mathis gary
Domain: fmglaw.com
Industry: Legal Services

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

Discovered: Jun 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Nov 6, 2023 – Feb 19, 2024
Undetected for: 228 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 3,350state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported incident to Maine Office of the Attorney GeneralReporting the incident to other state regulators as necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the accounts
Partnered with computer forensic specialists to conduct a thorough investigation
Reset account passwords
Implemented multi-factor authentication for Sharp Law email accounts
Offered 12 months of Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, and Identity Theft Restoration services through Kroll
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for email accounts
Continuing to evaluate ways to strengthen existing data security protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 56d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 21, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Aug 16, 2024
56d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 21, 2024 → Filed with AG: Aug 16, 2024	56d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGAug 16 · first

Vermont State AGAug 16 · first

Maine 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0ac7ffac-ec4d-42dd-b2cf-e09cef5d0bb3.html
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: 0213496d9c73f813b54800c18bb1c713d3677b387640910e2493d2dab83d740b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFreeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP

Victim entitySharp Law LLP

Incidentdiscovered Jun 21, 2024

Stated responseSecured the accounts

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov