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Bell Davis Pitt Attorneys & Counselors at Law

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 17, 2025

Filed

Jul 6, 2026

To disclose

13 months

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bell Davis Pitt Attorneys & Counselors at Law →2 incidents on file

Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. notified Massachusetts residents of a data security incident occurring between June 2 and June 17, 2025. An unauthorized party accessed an employee email account, potentially exposing personal information. The firm engaged external cybersecurity professionals for forensic investigation. No evidence of identity theft was found, but the firm offers 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d13 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 384 days

Jun 2, 2025

Begins

Jun 17, 2025

Discovered

Jul 6, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Bell Davis Pitt Attorneys & Counselors at Law
norm: bell davis pitt attorneys counselors at law
Domain: belldavispitt.com

Name: Bell Davis Pitt Attorneys & Counselors at Law
norm: bell davis pitt attorneys counselors at law
Domain: belldavispitt.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2025
Breach occurred: Jun 2, 2025 – Jun 17, 2025
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 6, 2026
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering complimentary access to 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Offering a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Offering fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify our practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(384 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
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.

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.mass.gov/doc/2026-1086-bell-davis-pitt-pa/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2026
Raw hash: bb9059e270623640396c1854a8df851c2abfce0534f6447cf78cc3189de589e4

Reporting entityBell Davis Pitt Attorneys & Counselors at Law

Victim entityBell Davis Pitt Attorneys & Counselors at Law

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov