HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

bd_122ac99eaae35b8b · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Oct 6, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs →

Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs notified individuals of a data security incident occurring between February 11 and 19, 2025. An unknown actor gained unauthorized access to the firm's network, potentially acquiring files containing personal information. The firm discovered the incident on February 24, 2025, and completed its review on September 3, 2025. The firm notified the FBI, engaged external cybersecurity experts, and is offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

Feb 11, 2025

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Oct 6, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_828b400e03bb1da02025-10-06Verified
Montana State AGbd_a6fd495d479681332025-10-06Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_bba04de0c1a7a2702025-10-06Verified

Name: Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs
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Name: Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs
norm: wear howell strickland quinn and law cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2025 – Feb 19, 2025
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 6, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts
Worked with additional experts to conduct a comprehensive review of the impacted data
Took steps to secure our IT environment, including by implementing enhanced security measures
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGOct 6 · first

Montana State AGOct 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first

Nebraska State AGOct 6 · first · this page

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/2bf72f5b-a8e1-48e4-8678-a69ad3fb4e96.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2025
Raw hash: 45660bd0b2d3a658a956c05cfcfd1021c5cb4f83d47b692c852f01e02a5d089f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

Victim entityWear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov