HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Boulrice & Wood, CPAs, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2017

Filed

Feb 10, 2017

To disclose

10 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Boulrice & Wood, CPAs, PC notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to a tax program between Jan 7-17, 2017, discovered Jan 31, 2017. Fraudulent tax returns were filed using stolen PII (SSN, bank info, names). 2 NH residents affected. Response included credit monitoring via AllClear ID, IRS/FBI notification, and system security assessments.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 24 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

Jan 7, 2017

Begins

Jan 31, 2017

Discovered

Feb 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Boulrice & Wood, CPAs, PC
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Name: Boulrice & Wood, CPAs, PC
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 7, 2017 – Jan 17, 2017
Undetected for: 24 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 10, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided notice of this incident to the IRSWill be notifying the FBIProviding written notice of this incident to other state regulators as necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation into the nature and the scope of this incident
Providing all potentially affected individuals access to two (2) free years of credit and identity monitoring services, including identity restoration services, through AllClear ID
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals to contact with questions or concerns regarding this incident
Providing potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators as necessary
Provided notice of this incident to the IRS
Will be notifying the FBI
Changes made: IT team is assessing the security and soundness of our systems
Working to implement additional safeguards regarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/boulrice-wood-20170210.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 10, 2017
Raw hash: fa4fd4821ee1176dc60c28fe4bdb6639bbc57173453b052aad329ee11b50f6ac

Reporting entityBoulrice & Wood, CPAs, PC

Victim entityBoulrice & Wood, CPAs, PC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2017

Stated responseBegan an investigation into the nature and the scope of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov