HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Presnell Gage, PLLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 18, 2016

Filed

Aug 30, 2016

To disclose

12 days

Affected

2,613state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Presnell Gage, PLLC →

Presnell Gage, PLLC, a tax preparation firm, disclosed that unauthorized access to client files occurred between July 16 and August 18, 2016. The incident affected 2,613 Washington residents, exposing names, SSNs, DOBs, and bank account numbers. The firm notified the FBI and IRS, enhanced system security, and offered 36 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 33 days

discovery → filing · 12 days

Jul 16, 2016

Begins

Aug 18, 2016

Discovered

Aug 30, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_63a7aab9f3c89a772016-09-06 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_55eac2d41aaf072d2016-08-18 · +12dCandidate

Name: Presnell Gage, PLLC
norm: presnell gage
Domain: presnellgage.com

Name: Presnell Gage, PLLC
norm: presnell gage
Domain: presnellgage.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2016
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2016 – Aug 18, 2016
Undetected for: 33 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 31, 2016
Affected individuals: 2,613state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Financial account numberSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Internal Revenue e-File Services DepartmentNotified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal InvestigationNotified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified the Internal Revenue e-File Services Department
Notified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Enhanced the security of its system
Providing credit monitoring and identity protection services for 36 months at no cost
Will complete, on your behalf, IRS Form 14039, an Identity Theft Affidavit
Changes made: Enhanced the security of its system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGAug 18 · first

Washington State AG+12d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+19d

Pattern: first filing Aug 18 (MT), last Sep 6 (MA) — a 19-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9640.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 30, 2016
Raw hash: 2a27d67309640135ad36e8c2074d01070fb09ee56f1532ecacd3ab22c804a6fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPresnell Gage, PLLC

Victim entityPresnell Gage, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2016

Stated responseNotified the Internal Revenue e-File Services Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com