HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedAuthenticationBiometricFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHealth (basic)HighContained

Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 26, 2023

Filed

Sep 13, 2024

To disclose

50 weeks

Affected

1,106state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson →

Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson, PLLC reported unauthorized access to a single email account between August 20 and September 26, 2023. The breach was discovered on September 26, 2023. The incident involved 1,106 Washington residents, with affected data limited to names. The firm engaged external cybersecurity professionals and offered credit monitoring services.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d50 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 37 days

discovery → filing · 50 weeks / 353 days

Aug 20, 2023

Begins

Sep 26, 2023

Discovered

Sep 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_74f5ed1ed85601de2024-09-13Candidate

Name: Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson
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Name: Law Offices of Todd S. Richardson
norm: law offices of todd s richardson
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 20, 2023 – Sep 26, 2023
Undetected for: 37 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,106state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical informationBiometric dataUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the password to the affected account
Terminated all external access to the account
Continued to monitor the account for unauthorized access or other suspicious activity
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Changes made: Evaluate and modify our practices and security controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 50 weeks(353 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGSep 13 · first

Washington State AGSep 13 · first · this page

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA30558.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 13, 2024
Raw hash: b67ef583976834ab7b4fb5562f2ba496ca7d4faf910a3c0af0cb7cdc66b5265c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLaw Offices of Todd S. Richardson

Victim entityLaw Offices of Todd S. Richardson

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2023

Stated responseChanged the password to the affected account

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com