The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on February 11, 2025, that Gislason & Hunter LLP experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee email account between September 26 and October 9, 2024, affecting 252 individuals including 2 residents of Maine. Identity theft protection services were offered in response to the incident.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/gislason-&-hunter-llp
"id": "gis917072525",
"linkid": "gislason-&-hunter-llp",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 252,
'industry': 'Legal',
'name': 'Gislason & Hunter LLP',
'type': 'Law Firm'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 252,
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Email Account Data'},
'date_detected': '2024-10-09',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-02-11',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee email account affecting '
'252 individuals, including 2 residents of Maine.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Email Account Data',
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2025-02-11',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Offered identity theft protection '
'services'},
'title': 'Data Breach at Gislason & Hunter LLP',
'type': 'Data Breach'}