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THEWENNERGROUP,LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2019

Filed

Mar 21, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

The Wenner Group, a CPA firm, notified clients in early February 2019 that fraudulent tax returns were filed using client information, including Social Security numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement (FBI, IRS), and offered one year of credit monitoring. Unauthorized access was not confirmed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 48 days

Feb 1, 2019

Discovered

Mar 21, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_458362e672895fdb2019-03-21Verified

Name: THEWENNERGROUP,LLC
norm: thewennergroup

Name: THEWENNERGROUP,LLC
norm: thewennergroup
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified state taxing authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensic firm to assist
Notified the FBI, the IRS, and state taxing authorities
Arranged for you to enroll in a complimentary, online credit monitoring service (myTrueldentity) for one year provided by TransUnion Interactive
Changes made: Aggressively analyzing where process changes are needed and will take the appropriate actions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 21 · first

Montana State AGMar 21 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-MT-AG-notice-Wenner.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2019
Raw hash: 024f7df6eede7539de6fa070a49d547d9fb91a4775aa9bf615f8fa463409a843

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHEWENNERGROUP,LLC

Victim entityTHEWENNERGROUP,LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2019

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensic firm to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov