The Denver law firm Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb announced Sept. 5 that it had been hacked. (File photo/The Denver Post)
The hacking of a family law firm in Denver this August exposed the Social Security numbers and other identifiable details of tens of thousands of people, according to one reported victim.
Stephanie Freeman, of Denver, wrote in a lawsuit Oct. 25 that she goes to great lengths to hide her address and protect her privacy and “now lives in a constant state of fear for her safety, knowing that the risk of her whereabouts being discovered has significantly increased.”
Freeman is suing the firm Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb for negligence and is seeking to make it a class action case. Firm CEO Megan Sherr did not answer requests for comment.
On Sept. 5, Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb announced that “files on our computer network were copied without permission between Aug. 10 and 12. The files included information for certain current, former and prospective clients.” SPAL represented an ex-spouse of Freeman’s.
“We are committed to maintaining the security of information in our care and confidence in our services,” Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb went on to say in its online announcement.
Freeman alleges she wasn’t told of the breach until Sept. 22, six weeks after it was discovered. When she called for details, she received only a link to complementary identity monitoring software, according to her lawsuit. She said the firm hasn’t disclosed key information.
“Including, but not limited to, the identity of the hacking group responsible for the data breach (and) how the cybercriminals were able to exploit vulnerabilities,” Freeman alleges.
The local woman said that she and her family members have noticed an increase in spam emails and, after buying an identity-monitoring service, learned that her Social Security number had bounced around the dark web, a corner of the internet popular with cybercriminals.
Freeman said that she has also suffered emotionally and wasted time dealing with fallout from the data breach — “time that has been lost forever and cannot be recaptured.”
She is represented by three attorneys — Bradley Levin, Jeremy Sitcofff, Robyn Levin — from Levin Sitcoff in Denver, along with the local lawyer Rick Bailey and class action attorney Todd Garber in New York. They did not answer requests to discuss the Freeman case.
The Denver law firm Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb announced Sept. 5 that it had been hacked. (File photo/The Denver Post)
The hacking of a family law firm in Denver this August exposed the Social Security numbers and other identifiable details of tens of thousands of people, according to one reported victim.
Stephanie Freeman, of Denver, wrote in a lawsuit Oct. 25 that she goes to great lengths to hide her address and protect her privacy and “now lives in a constant state of fear for her safety, knowing that the risk of her whereabouts being discovered has significantly increased.”
Freeman is suing the firm Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb for negligence and is seeking to make it a class action case. Firm CEO Megan Sherr did not answer requests for comment.
On Sept. 5, Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb announced that “files on our computer network were copied without permission between Aug. 10 and 12. The files included information for certain current, former and prospective clients.” SPAL represented an ex-spouse of Freeman’s.
“We are committed to maintaining the security of information in our care and confidence in our services,” Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb went on to say in its online announcement.
Freeman alleges she wasn’t told of the breach until Sept. 22, six weeks after it was discovered. When she called for details, she received only a link to complementary identity monitoring software, according to her lawsuit. She said the firm hasn’t disclosed key information.
“Including, but not limited to, the identity of the hacking group responsible for the data breach (and) how the cybercriminals were able to exploit vulnerabilities,” Freeman alleges.
The local woman said that she and her family members have noticed an increase in spam emails and, after buying an identity-monitoring service, learned that her Social Security number had bounced around the dark web, a corner of the internet popular with cybercriminals.
Freeman said that she has also suffered emotionally and wasted time dealing with fallout from the data breach — “time that has been lost forever and cannot be recaptured.”
She is represented by three attorneys — Bradley Levin, Jeremy Sitcofff, Robyn Levin — from Levin Sitcoff in Denver, along with the local lawyer Rick Bailey and class action attorney Todd Garber in New York. They did not answer requests to discuss the Freeman case.
