Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Richard Munoz, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2017

Filed

Sep 20, 2017

To disclose

27 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Richard Munoz, CPA →2 incidents on file

Richard Munoz, CPA notified clients of a phishing incident on August 24, 2017, where an impersonating email led to compromised email credentials. The incident potentially exposed client correspondence and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement (FBI, IRS), and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 days

Aug 24, 2017

Begins

Aug 24, 2017

Discovered

Sep 20, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Richard Munoz, CPA
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Name: Richard Munoz, CPA
norm: richard munoz cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2017
Breach occurred: Aug 24, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 20, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Internal Revenue ServiceNotified Franchise Tax BoardNotified Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified applicable state agencies
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed my passwords
Began an investigation into the matter
Hiring a specialized IT forensic firm
Notified the Internal Revenue Service, Franchise Tax Board, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and applicable state agencies
Reviewing office policies and procedures
Work with law enforcement
Arranged for Experian to provide you with one year of IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Richard-Munoz-CPA.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 20, 2017
Raw hash: 68365d80338bbfaa9ee99602bfb1894393d6fbf63ae5980f33ce0b92e6e1fc5d

Reporting entityRichard Munoz, CPA

Victim entityRichard Munoz, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2017

Stated responseChanged my passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov