The law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP experienced a data breach discovered on July 11, 2024, and reported by the Maine Office of the Attorney General on August 9, 2024. The incident involved unauthorized access (hacking) to the firm’s network, compromising the personal information of 21,691 individuals. The exposed data included names, though the full scope of compromised details was not fully disclosed. In response, the firm offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Cyberscout and TransUnion to affected individuals. The breach highlights vulnerabilities in the firm’s cybersecurity measures, raising concerns about potential identity theft, fraud, or further exploitation of the exposed data. While no financial or highly sensitive details (e.g., Social Security numbers, financial records) were explicitly confirmed as leaked, the scale of the breach and the nature of the compromised information (personal identifiers) pose reputational and operational risks to the firm and its clients.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP (DHC) on August 20, 2024. The breach was detected on August 18, 2023, and unauthorized access occurred between January 12, 2023, and August 18, 2023. The specific number of individuals affected is not provided, but the impacted files potentially contained personal information including names.