Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating ABC Legal Services, Inc. (“ABC Legal”) regarding its recent data breach. The ABC Legal data breach may have involved sensitive personal information belonging to over 39,000 individuals.
ABOUT ABC LEGAL SERVICES, INC.:
ABC Legal is a legal solutions company based in Washington. Founded in 1974, ABC Legal provides legal document delivery for law professionals, businesses, process servers, and individuals.2 Today, ABC Legal’s suite of services includes service of process, e-filing, skip tracing, appearance counsel, and venue selection.2 Additionally, ABC Legal serves as the official process server for the U.S. Department of Justice and its network of thousands of process servers spans across all 50 states and 77 countries.3 Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, ABC Legal employs over 600 individuals.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, ABC Legal reported to the Attorney General of Maine that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information in its systems may have been accessed and acquired. According to the breach notice, on August 7, 2024, ABC Legal became aware of unusual activity within its network environment.1 As a result, ABC Legal launched an investigation to determine the nature of the incident.
Through its investigation, ABC Legal confirmed that sensitive personal information in its systems may have been viewed and obtained by an unauthorized third party during the incident on August 7, 2024. As a result, ABC Legal began a review of the data to determine what information had been impacted as well as identify the specific individuals affected. The exact type of personal information potentially exposed has not been made publicly available by ABC Legal. However, according to state reporting guidelines, “personal information” can include the following types of information:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Driver’s license or state identification card number
- Account number, credit card number or debit card number, if circumstances exist wherein such a number could be used without additional identifying information, access codes or passwords
- Account passwords or personal identification numbers or other access codes
On December 6, 2024, ABC Legal began mailing data breach notification letters to impacted individuals. Based on the breach notice sent to Maine residents, ABC Legal is providing affected individuals with a list of the specific types of sensitive information impacted and 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring services. A link to the form breach notification letters that ABC Legal filed with the Attorney General of Maine is below.
If you received a breach notification letter from ABC Legal Services, Inc.:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
