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HintonBurdick CPA & Advisors

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 18, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HintonBurdick CPA & Advisors →

HintonBurdick CPA & Advisors notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between Feb 5 and Mar 5, 2019. An attacker likely gained access via phishing. Customer data (PII) was accessed. The firm engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured accounts, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

Feb 5, 2019

Begins

Jun 18, 2019

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d1f1ba59b9d043452019-06-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_810fa1e7eb5a95322019-05-18 · +31dVerified
Montana State AGbd_afb5ea24318c06d52019-05-10 · +39dCandidate

Name: HintonBurdick CPA & Advisors
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Name: HintonBurdick CPA & Advisors
norm: hintonburdick cpa advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 5, 2019 – Mar 5, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 18, 2019
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the accounts
Launched an investigation
A cyber security firm was engaged to assist
Arranged for you to receive a complimentary one-year membership of Experian's IdentityWorks
Implemented additional training and security steps
Changes made: Implemented additional training and security steps to enhance the existing security measures
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 · 3 states

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Montana State AGMay 10 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Montana State AG+39d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+40d

Pattern: first filing May 10 (MT), last Jun 19 (MA) — a 40-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/HintonBurdick-CPA-Advisors-Consumer-Notification.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2019
Raw hash: 8e0efcc2f7cae857cd58c3a2bd0d3852f835e65d72ce54d1c586af18ef756b1b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHintonBurdick CPA & Advisors

Victim entityHintonBurdick CPA & Advisors

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseTook steps to secure the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov