HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighActive

Bacon & Company, CPAs, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 20, 2017

Filed

Mar 16, 2017

To disclose

24 days

Affected · nationwide

1,1578 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bacon & Company, CPAs, LLC →

Bacon & Company CPAs, LLC notified New Hampshire AG on March 16, 2017, of a February 20, 2017 data breach affecting 1,157 individuals, including 8 NH residents. Unauthorized actors hacked the firm's systems, accessing names, SSNs, and financial account info to fraudulently file tax returns. The firm engaged law enforcement (FBI/IC3, RI State Police, Warwick PD, IRS, RI AG) and offered 12 months of Equifax Credit Watch Silver identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Feb 20, 2017

Discovered

Mar 16, 2017

Filed

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14 wks faster

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Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b4792cbd7a67a2992017-03-17 · +1dVerified

Name: Bacon & Company, CPAs, LLC
norm: bacon company cpas
Domain: baconcpas.com

Name: Bacon & Company, CPAs, LLC
norm: bacon company cpas
Domain: baconcpas.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,157state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: filed a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Centernotified the Rhode Island State Policefiled a police report with the Warwick Police Departmentnotified the Rhode Island Division of Taxation and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")notified the Rhode Island Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Filed a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center
Notified the Rhode Island State Police of the incident
Filed a police report with the Warwick Police Department
Notified the Rhode Island Division of Taxation and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")
Notified the Rhode Island Attorney General
Reexamining its current data privacy and security policies and procedures
Changes made: Reexamining its current data privacy and security policies and procedures to find ways of reducing the risk of future data incidents
Arranged for Equifax Personal Solutions to help protect your identity and your credit information by providing you with 12 months of Equifax Credit Watch Silver identity theft protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 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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New Hampshire State AGMar 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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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/bacon-company-20170316.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 16, 2017
Raw hash: bb47ee4e62f7531251832371362a7eec965ca9c9493691a158438c262e3ce4fc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBacon & Company, CPAs, LLC

Victim entityBacon & Company, CPAs, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2017

Stated responseFiled a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov