PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

David B. Cheatham, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 11, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

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David B. Cheatham, CPA reported the theft of a password-protected computer hard drive from its office on December 8, 2018. The drive contained client tax documents including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security Numbers. The firm notified law enforcement and the IRS, changed system passwords, and offered credit monitoring to affected clients.

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Incident timeline

Dec 8, 2018

Begins

Feb 11, 2019

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_91009e9ec6ff36b72019-02-11Verified

Name: David B. Cheatham, CPA
norm: david b cheatham cpa

Name: David B. Cheatham, CPA
norm: david b cheatham cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Dec 8, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcementNotified the IRS

During the incident: Notified law enforcement and the IRS
Changed all passwords used to access our computer system
Reviewing our policies and procedures to identify any additional ways to further strengthen the confidentiality and security of our clients’ information
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through myTrueIdentity
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures to identify any additional ways to further strengthen the confidentiality and security of our clients’ information
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 11 · first

California State AGFeb 11 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-144602
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 11, 2019
Raw hash: de2a750de2585b6b25b2d21544f73d5520fb76bf10655bf9f33ac146ed18d1ce

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDavid B. Cheatham, CPA

Victim entityDavid B. Cheatham, CPA

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseNotified law enforcement and the IRS

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov