HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

Jul 29, 2021

To disclose

13 months

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC →3 incidents on file

Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, P.C. notified the NH AG that an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account between April 29 and July 2, 2020. The incident affected 2 NH residents, exposing names, SSNs, and driver's license numbers. KASH engaged forensic investigators and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 64 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 392 days

Apr 29, 2020

Begins

Jul 2, 2020

Discovered

Jul 29, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+37 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_76390ccc534885052021-07-24 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ec22da8e2700c6e12021-07-24 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_4b7d5c33b39c753c2021-07-22 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_79138644d51ca05e2021-07-22 · +7dCandidate

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC
norm: karp ackerman small hogan cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2020 – Jul 2, 2020
Undetected for: 64 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Provided written notification to affected residents
Offered complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(392 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGJul 22 · first

Montana State AGJul 22 · first

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Maine State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 22 (IN), last Jul 29 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/karp-ackerman-small-hogan-cpas-20210729.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2021
Raw hash: 89980391600038b79c2dffc04db9a39d0e865aeb9427cc6065f48bec04029444

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityKarp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov