HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Begin & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 25, 2025

Filed

Jul 31, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Begin & Associates notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to its tax software affecting 2 NH residents. The incident involved exposure of full names and SSNs. The firm secured its network, investigated, and is offering 1 year of credit monitoring. Discovery date was June 25, 2025.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Jun 25, 2025

Discovered

Jul 16, 2025

Scope determined

Jul 31, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Name: Begin & Associates
norm: begin associates

Name: Begin & Associates
norm: begin associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 25, 2025
Materiality determined: Jul 16, 2025
Notification sent: Aug 1, 2025
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the IRSContacted State of Maine
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured its network
Launched an investigation
Contacted the IRS and State of Maine
Providing written notification to affected residents
Offering complimentary one-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its 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: 5 weeks(36 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/begin-associates-20250731.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2025
Raw hash: 59ef5a37969fefc9114641dbbd44576935685bc8bd47166ece63d3a8dc11f371

Reporting entityBegin & Associates

Victim entityBegin & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jun 25, 2025

Stated responseSecured its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov