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

BMB Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 15, 2020

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BMB Associates, Inc. →

BMB Associates discovered unauthorized access to its Intuit ProSeries service on March 16, 2020, when IRS e-file rejections indicated fraudulent tax filings by a third party who created a guest account. The attacker potentially accessed names, addresses, SSNs, and financial account information. The company removed the account, changed passwords, and notified law enforcement and the IRS. Identity theft protection was offered to clients.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 16, 2020 → Notified Sep 4, 2020172d ✗ CA 60-day late26 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Mar 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6b2cdea1d29d8f022020-09-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5f8ea3952e2a211a2020-09-04 · +11dCandidate

Name: BMB Associates, Inc.
norm: bmb associates
Domain: bmbassociates.com

Name: BMB Associates, Inc.
norm: bmb associates
Domain: bmbassociates.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 16, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes UnitReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Reported the incident to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine its scope and identify those affected
Hired a third-party IT company to investigate our system
Deleted the unauthorized guest account
Changed all of its passwords
Reported the incident to the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Unit
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Reported the incident to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Continues to assess and modify its privacy and data security policies and procedures to prevent similar situations from occurring
Assisting affected clients with any IRS filings they need to make to report a fraudulent 2019 filing of their Form 1040
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 172d
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: Mar 16, 2020
→ Notified: Sep 4, 2020
172d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 16, 2020 → Notified: Sep 4, 2020	172d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGSep 4 · first

Maine State AG+11d

California State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 4 (IN), last Sep 15 (CA) — a 11-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-194051
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2020
Raw hash: 855741bb1a88e3518fa30d606569b0d2cf8aa019478d3bdf6f893e03cd07822c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBMB Associates, Inc.

Victim entityBMB Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 16, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine its scope and identify those affected

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov