American Bar Association

The American Bar Association notified individuals of a data breach where an unauthorized third party gained access to its network starting March 6, 2023. The incident exposed usernames and hashed, salted passwords for accounts on the old ABA website (pre-2018) and the ABA Career Center (post-2018). The ABA activated its incident response plan, retained cybersecurity experts, and removed the intruder. No plain-text passwords were exposed.

American Bar Association notified Washington AG of a cyberattack where an unauthorized third party gained access to its network between March 6 and March 20, 2023. The incident, discovered on March 17, 2023, compromised usernames and hashed/salted passwords for accounts on the old ABA website and Career Center. 27,736 Washington residents were affected.

American Bar Association reported a data breach to the Oregon Attorney General. The breach was reported on 2023-04-21. The breach occurred during 3/6/2023 - 3/20/2023. The breach was discovered on 3/23/2023. 1,466,442 individuals were affected. Notice was sent on 4/20/2023.

The American Bar Association (ABA) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach where an unauthorized third party gained access to its network starting on or about March 6, 2023. The ABA detected unusual activity on March 17, 2023. The incident involved the acquisition of usernames and salted/hashed passwords for online accounts on the old ABA website (pre-2018) and the ABA Career Center (since 2018). No plain-text passwords were exposed. The ABA activated its incident response plan, retained cybersecurity experts, removed the attacker, and reviewed network security configurations.

The American Bar Association (ABA) notified individuals of a data breach where an unauthorized third party gained access to its network starting March 6, 2023. The incident compromised usernames and hashed, salted passwords for accounts on the old ABA website (pre-2018) and the ABA Career Center (post-2018). The ABA activated its incident response plan, retained cybersecurity experts, and removed the unauthorized party. No plain-text passwords were exposed. Notification was sent to affected individuals, including a specific count for Rhode Island residents (4,856).

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION filed a data-breach notice with the Illinois Attorney General during 2023 (case 23-275). The register records the breach as discovered on March 6, 2023. Illinois does not publish the number of people affected — 815 ILCS 530/10 permits the Attorney General to publish only the entity name, the types of personal information and the date range.