Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz law firm reports data breach exposing 3.5M people
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Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, a law firm established in 1888 with offices across the United States is reporting a significant data breach that happened on December 13, 2023. The incident involved unauthorized access to confidential information stored on the firm's servers.
A total of 3,445,537 individuals were impacted. The breach investigation faced significant delays due to data analysis and digital forensic complications. As of December 3, 2024, nearly a year after the incident, the firm has been unable to locate contact information for many affected individuals, which has prevented them from sending direct notifications.
The following data types were exposed during the breach:
- Full names
- Social Security numbers (SSNs)
- Employee identification numbers
- Medical diagnoses
- Medical claim information
The nature of the attack is not disclosed.
Wolf Haldenstein claims there is no evidence of data misuse, they acknowledge the increased risk to affected individuals, particularly regarding phishing attempts, scams, and social engineering attacks.
The law firm is offering complementary credit monitoring coverage to potentially impacted individuals.
