Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Sterling & Sterling, LLC

bd_fe1cd2d9494ec6b1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 3, 2019

Filed

Jul 23, 2019

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Sterling & Sterling, LLC →2 incidents on file

SterlingRisk reported a phishing incident where an unauthorized person gained access to an employee's email account on April 3, 2019. The company secured the account and engaged a cybersecurity firm. Personal information may have been exposed. Complimentary credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 111 days

Apr 3, 2019

Begins

Apr 3, 2019

Discovered

Jul 23, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_a9eb7ad886ff615c2019-07-25 · +2dVerified

Name: Sterling & Sterling, LLC
norm: sterling sterling

Name: Sterling & Sterling, LLC
norm: sterling sterling
Also named: Sterling & Sterling, LLCdba oflegal entity
SterlingRiskdba oftrade name
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 3, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the employee’s email account
Engaged a leading cyber security firm to assist with an investigation
Offering a complimentary one-year membership with Experian’s IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Implementing additional security enhancements
Providing additional education and training to employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(111 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGJul 23 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

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.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149137
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 23, 2019
Raw hash: 6ed1f422486bcddd9b8e5cf9224577a3d50bea744ad6fcd8876b30b580700af8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySterling & Sterling, LLC

Victim entitySterling & Sterling, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2019

Stated responseSecured the employee’s email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov