HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialMediumContained

Stallcup & Associates, CPAs

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 10, 2017

Filed

Mar 1, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Stallcup & Associates, CPAs →2 incidents on file

Stallcup & Associates CPAs experienced an email data incident on January 10, 2017, where an employee's email account was compromised. The attacker obtained email credentials and sent fraudulent emails to clients. The firm notified clients, re-secured the account, engaged forensic specialists, and notified the FBI. Affected data included names, addresses, SSNs, and financial/tax information.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 10, 2017 → Notified Jan 10, 20170d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Jan 10, 2017

Begins

Jan 10, 2017

Discovered

Mar 1, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Name: Stallcup & Associates, CPAs
norm: stallcup associates cpas

Name: Stallcup & Associates, CPAs
norm: stallcup associates cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 10, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Sent an email alerting clients not to open the fraudulent email
Contacted local IT consultant
Re-secured the compromised email account
Hired forensic IT specialists to determine exactly what happened and what information and systems were affected
Notified the FBI
Changes made: Reviewing office policies and procedures to ensure all security measures are taken to avoid such an incident from occurring again
Providing one year of complimentary credit monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 0d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 10, 2017
→ Notified: Jan 10, 2017
0d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 10, 2017 → Notified: Jan 10, 2017	0d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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/sb24-66627
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 1, 2017
Raw hash: 66f02a68bcc7b16e94b29799031d06814edfb36c634fc94eb614e9d1d577192c

Reporting entityStallcup & Associates, CPAs

Victim entityStallcup & Associates, CPAs

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2017

Stated responseSent an email alerting clients not to open the fraudulent email

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov