Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

McElroy & Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 30, 2025

Filed

Oct 17, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for McElroy & Associates, Inc. →

McElroy & Associates notified Nebraska AG of a phishing incident affecting 2 Nebraska residents. Unauthorized access to an employee's email occurred between May 28-30, 2025. Affected data included names, SSNs, financial account info, and medical/health insurance info. Notices were sent on Oct 17, 2025, offering 1 year of credit monitoring via TransUnion/Cyberscout.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

May 28, 2025

Begins

May 30, 2025

Discovered

Oct 17, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_683fe05dd4bfc2162025-10-17Candidate

Name: McElroy & Associates, Inc.
norm: mcelroy associates

Name: McElroy & Associates, Inc.
norm: mcelroy associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 30, 2025
Breach occurred: May 28, 2025 – May 30, 2025
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 17, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Undertook a detailed review of all the files potentially impacted
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through TransUnion
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Changes made: Implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Continues to evaluate its policies and procedures related to data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCROct 17 · first

Nebraska State AGOct 17 · first · this page

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/55586ed5-4de9-4d6e-9d19-955368015b61.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 17, 2025
Raw hash: 3ee8f29315e56c7cd0291dd0809c9bab9a1eb725314f068a743f2cfe02c1a66f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcElroy & Associates, Inc.

Victim entityMcElroy & Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov