PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftOpportunisticCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Rob Kirby, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 19, 2014

Filed

Dec 23, 2014

To disclose

4 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

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Rob Kirby, CPA reported the theft of a password-protected laptop and an unencrypted flash drive from his vehicle in Santa Rosa, CA on December 19, 2014. The devices contained confidential client tax information, including names, addresses, birth dates, and social security numbers. The incident was determined to be opportunistic rather than targeted. The firm reported the theft to the San Francisco Police Department and implemented remediation measures including laptop recovery software and flash drive encryption.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 days

Dec 19, 2014

Begins

Dec 19, 2014

Discovered

Dec 23, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

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

Name: Rob Kirby, CPA
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Name: Rob Kirby, CPA
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 19, 2014
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Issued a security breach notification to the California Attorney General

During the incident: Reported the incident to the San Francisco Police Department
Installing laptop theft recovery software on all business laptops
Encrypting flash drives
Reimbursing affected clients for the cost of credit monitoring services
Changes made: Installing laptop theft recovery software on all business laptops
Encrypting flash drives
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-47844
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 23, 2014
Raw hash: a6d89f64bf75d57b90bcd93fdd6ac871764cc5aa0d16a6f2d36f9cdd00e4afa6

Reporting entityRob Kirby, CPA

Victim entityRob Kirby, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Dec 19, 2014

Stated responseReported the incident to the San Francisco Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov