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MSA Accounting CPA, Professional Corp.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

May 2, 2017

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for MSA Accounting CPA, Professional Corp.

MSA Accounting CPA, Professional Corp. notified clients of suspicious activity involving unauthorized 2016 tax return filings and rejected returns. Forensic investigation found no evidence of a network breach or malicious activity. Potentially affected data included SSNs, financial account details, and employment information. The firm changed passwords, notified the IRS and FBI, and engaged forensic consultants.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 2, 2017

Filed

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGApr 28 · first
California State AG+4d · 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.