Posted On May 18, 2022 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
May 18, 2022 – Brown Brothers Harriman & Co (“BBH”) reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, names, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers and account numbers of certain individuals may have been compromised. The Brown Brothers Harriman data breach is believed to have impacted as many as 2800 individuals. On May 11, 2022, Brown Brothers Harriman sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was affected by the breach.
The data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are going to begin interviewing victims of the breach to determine what damages they sustained and what legal claims may be available to them. If you recently received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH from Brown Brothers Harriman, contact us at (866) 778-5500 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential contact form, for a free case evaluation.
Below is a portion of the notice that Brown Brothers Harriman sent to the individuals affected by the breach:
Dear [Name],
We are writing to notify you of an issue that involves your personal information. In December
2021, we were informed by our third-party printing vendor, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
(“RRD”), that RRD had identified a systems intrusion affecting its internal environment. RRD
indicated at the time that the issue was limited to certain RRD technical environments and that
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. ‘s (“BB H’s”) data was not affected. In March 2022, however,
RRD informed us that, in connection with the December 2021 RRD systems intrusion, an
unauthorized party exported certain BBH files from RRD’s environment. Importantly, this issue
did not affect BBH’s own networks or systems.
Promptly after learning of the issue, we took steps to determine its nature and scope, including
reviewing the affected files to determine what, if any, personal information was contained within
the files. Based on our investigation, we identified certain files that contained personal information about some of our clients, including you. The personal information in the relevant files may have included your name, contact information, Social Security number, account number and certain transactional information.
We regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We take our obligation to safeguard personal
information very seriously and are informing you about this issue so you can take steps to help protect your information. You are entitled under U.S. law to one free credit report annually from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies. To order your free credit report, visit
www.annualcreditreport.com or call toll-free at 1-877-322-8228. We encourage you to remain
vigilant by reviewing your account statements and monitoring your free credit reports.
In addition, we have arranged to offer you identity protection and credit monitoring services at no cost to you.
