HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 8, 2025

Filed

Sep 25, 2025

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected · nationwide

42,07715 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP. →

Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP. experienced a data breach where an unknown actor copied/downloaded files on April 8, 2025. Approximately 42,077 individuals' PII, including SSNs, driver's licenses, and health/financial data, was compromised. Notices were sent on September 25, 2025, offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 170 days

Apr 8, 2025

Begins

Apr 8, 2025

Discovered

Sep 25, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by lynx about this victim predates this filing by 171 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitelynxbd_7ed07e2f90e31e5b2025-04-07 · +171dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_065ca86029e465b22025-09-25Verified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_18fa589fd88ecea92025-09-25Verified
Maine State AGbd_2e563cef937ceaad2025-09-25Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_7585b35e7f47d53d2025-09-25Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 6d gap

Vermont State AGbd_96ab18af330e59db2025-09-25Verified
Texas State AGbd_b7dc5f072dbb64712025-09-26 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_f6201484cb0798032025-10-01 · +6dVerified

Name: Cipriani & Werner
norm: cipriani werner
Domain: c-wlaw.com

Name: Sheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.
norm: sheheen hancock godwin
Domain: shgcpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 8, 2025
Breach occurred: Apr 8, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2025
Affected individuals: 42,077state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated CollectionT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: This notice has not been delayed by law enforcement

During the incident: Conducted an investigation
Reviewed its policies and procedures related to data protection
Provided notice to the potentially impacted individuals on September 25, 2025, via U.S. mail
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Reviewed its policies and procedures related to data protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(170 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGSep 25 · first

Indiana State AGSep 25 · first

Maine State AGSep 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 25 · first

Vermont State AGSep 25 · first

Montana State AGSep 25 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

South Carolina State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 25 (MA), last Oct 1 (SC) — a 6-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/2025/09/Consumer-notification-letter-64.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 25, 2025
Raw hash: 7e9cd2ba2146bd7b144da4fe468c2d590811d02cfea0b496236434b3f4759352

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCipriani & Werner

Victim entitySheheen, Hancock & Godwin, LLP.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 8, 2025

Stated responseConducted an investigation

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov