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Manhattan Law Firm Exposes PHI of 197,000 Individuals

| 2026-10-23 10:00 CRITICAL HIGH DATA BREACH
Executive Summary
AI-generated
A data breach at Manhattan Law Firm, Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, was reported on October 23, 2026, involving the protected health information of approximately 196,645 patients of its healthcare clients. The law firm's computer environment showed suspicious activity from September 10, 2025, to September 9, 2025, which led to an investigation by third-party digital forensics specialists confirming unauthorized access to some servers intermittently during that time. This incident is categorized as a data breach involving PHI and has affected individuals in the healthcare sector. The attack works by exploiting vulnerabilities in the law firm's computer environment, allowing an unauthorized party to access certain files on the servers. As of now, notification letters are being mailed to the affected individuals, and additional cybersecurity measures have been implemented to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Reset credentials and API keys that may have been exposed, and review access logs for the affected accounts or integrations.
Intelligence Metadata
Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
Target & Sectors
Global Scope healthhealth financefinance legallegal
Incident Timeline
‎July 9, 2025
Threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the firm's network to gain unauthorized access and exfiltrate PHI of 197,000 individuals.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
‎between July 9, 2025
An unauthorized third party accessed some of the Manhattan Law Firm's servers intermittently between July 9, 2025, and September 9, 2025.
‎September 9, 2025
Young C. Park DDS, PC reported a data breach to the HHS' Office for Civil Rights affecting approximately 12,000 individuals due to unauthorized third-party access of its servers between July 9 and September 9, 2025.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
organisation the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights
‎September 10, 2025
Threat actors used malicious software to target the computer environment of a Manhattan law firm on September 10, 2025.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
‎April 2026
Threat actors used email security incident to target Heritage Pediatrics PLLC in April 2026.
organisation Heritage Pediatrics Heritage Pediatrics PLLC
‎June 10, 2026
Threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the firm's network to gain unauthorized access and exfiltrate PHI of 197,000 individuals.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
‎between June 10, 2026
Threat actors used unknown means to access and exploit the Manhattan Law Firm's systems intermittently between June 10, 2026, and July 22, 2026.
‎July 22, 2026
Threat actors exploited vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to the personal health information of 197,000 individuals at a Manhattan law firm between June 10 and July 22, 2026.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
‎October 19, 2026
Threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the firm's network to gain unauthorized access and exfiltrate PHI of 197,000 individuals.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
‎Oct 23, 2026
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, a Manhattan-based law firm, reported a data breach involving confidential and protected health information of 196,645 patients.
industry Legal
industry Health
industry Finance
tactic Data Breach
general_metric 197,000 Individuals
organisation Tarter Krinsky & Drogin
organisation Park Dental
organisation Heritage Pediatrics
‎2026/10/23
Threat actors exploited vulnerabilities to breach the security of Manhattan Law Firm, exposing personally identifiable information (PHI) of 197,000 individuals.
organisation Data Breach
organisation Social Security
organisation username & password
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