HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Santoro CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 21, 2016

Filed

Sep 27, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Santoro CPA →2 incidents on file

Santoro CPA and SimpleBooks Corp. reported a security incident discovered on July 21, 2016, after clients received unsolicited IRS communications. Forensic analysis revealed unauthorized access to client data including names, SSNs, and payroll info. One NH resident was affected. The firm hired forensic investigators, notified the IRS and credit bureaus, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Jul 21, 2016

Discovered

Sep 27, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2838afc8ca5615b02016-09-27Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b3df85a355a679062016-09-30 · +3dVerified

Name: THOMPSON COBURN LLP
norm: thompson coburn
Domain: thompsoncoburn.com

Name: Santoro CPA
norm: santoro cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 21, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 27, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: A letter was sent to your office informing you of this incident
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired a third-party computer forensics firm to analyze the server
Pre-emptively notified those individuals believed to be possibly impacted
Informed the IRS and the credit reporting agencies about this incident
Offered 2 years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Kroll to their clients at no cost
Changes made: Working to migrate company data to a new IT provider
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGSep 27 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/santoro-cpa-20160927.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2016
Raw hash: d6c799ee32fbac8f609acf28097bf789dd016fdb38bfc6e5d95bf44abe1a0c1c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHOMPSON COBURN LLP

Victim entitySantoro CPA

Incidentdiscovered Jul 21, 2016

Stated responseHired a third-party computer forensics firm to analyze the server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov