Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Acceler8

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2020

Filed

Jun 22, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Acceler8 →

Acceler8 LLC, a CPA firm, notified individuals of a data security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed a corporate email account. The incident, discovered on April 1, 2020, potentially exposed names and Social Security numbers. Acceler8 changed passwords, enhanced security controls, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Apr 1, 2020

Discovered

Jun 22, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Acceler8
norm: acceler8

Name: Acceler8
norm: acceler8
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed the password
Enabled additional security controls to protect our email environment
Arranged for credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost
Changes made: Enabled additional security controls to protect our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-194.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2020
Raw hash: 639dceca2f601674e3c44f50828b99ad2699050ca1342138537c4292f305d021

Reporting entityAcceler8

Victim entityAcceler8

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2020

Stated responseChanged the password

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov