HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)FinancialMediumContained

James P. Rinaldi, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 1, 2017

Filed

Dec 29, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for James P. Rinaldi, CPA →

James P. Rinaldi, CPA, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a September 2017 incident where a client received an unsolicited tax transcript. The breach involved the potential exposure of one New Hampshire resident's name, Social Security number, and tax information. Rinaldi notified the IRS, investigated his systems, reset credentials, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Sep 1, 2017

Discovered

Dec 29, 2017

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_fd72c229274a6f242017-12-29Verified

Name: James P. Rinaldi, CPA
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Name: James P. Rinaldi, CPA
norm: james p rinaldi cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 1, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 29, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Commenced an investigation to determine whether his systems were at risk
Reviewed and revised his policies and procedures
Ran anti-virus software to remove any traces of malware
Reset all employees' access credentials on his server and tax software
Offered 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Reviewed and revised policies and procedures
Ran anti-virus software to remove any traces of malware
Reset all employees' access credentials on his server and tax software
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 AGDec 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 29 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/james-rinaldi-20171229.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2017
Raw hash: b774794418ceb09eb2aa91b2c1a0387423b82c7d490ead02f93ecbb12bbfa9e6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJames P. Rinaldi, CPA

Victim entityJames P. Rinaldi, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2017

Stated responseNotified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov