GARDEN CITY,
N.Y., July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell &
Dean, PLLC ("Dell & Dean") announced today that it has
taken action after learning of a data security incident which may
have compromised the personal information of certain individuals
with information maintained on its systems. Dell & Dean began
providing notice to all potentially impacted individuals on
July 17, 2024.
On September 29,
2022, Dell & Dean became aware of a data security
incident that impacted its server infrastructure and took its
systems offline. Dell & Dean immediately undertook efforts to
restore its servers and undertook additional affirmative steps to
safeguard the security of data maintained on its systems. Dell
& Dean also simultaneously retained a forensic investigation
firm to determine the nature of the security compromise and
identify any individuals whose information may have been
compromised.
The forensic investigation determined that access
to Dell & Dean's systems occurred on approximately September 28, 2022 through September 29, 2022. The investigation also
identified certain files that may have been accessed or acquired in
connection with the incident. In continuing its thorough
investigation, Dell & Dean undertook a comprehensive manual
review process to review these files and identify the specific
individuals with personal information contained therein. This
comprehensive manual review process concluded on or about
May 30, 2024.
As stated above, following the data security
incident, Dell & Dean immediately undertook efforts to restore
its servers, and also undertook additional affirmative steps to
safeguard the security of data maintained on its systems. Dell
& Dean retained a forensic investigation firm to thoroughly
investigate the incident and providing notification to all
individuals whose personal information may have been accessed
and/or acquired in connection with the incident in an abundance of
caution. Dell & Dean has obtained confirmation to the best of
its ability that the information is no longer in possession of the
third party(ies) associated with this incident, and it is entirely
possible that any specific personal information was not
compromised as a result of the incident. Nonetheless, Dell
& Dean has also offered the impacted individuals access to
complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection
services as an added precaution and to mitigate risk. Please be
advised that we are continuing to work closely with leading
security experts to identify and implement measures to further
strengthen the security of their systems to help prevent this from
happening in the future.
Dell & Dean began mailing notification
letters on July 17, 2024 to all
individuals whose personal information may have been accessed
and/or acquired in connection with the incident. We anticipate that
it will take five days for individuals to receive this letter. If
an individual does not receive a letter, but would like to know if
he or she was potentially affected by this incident, or if an
individual has any questions or would like additional information,
they may call Dell & Dean's dedicated assistance line at (888)
326-0764 between the hours of 9:00am to
9:00pm ET, Monday through Friday.
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