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

Hansell & Associates, LLP

bd_26c038272d08b9ac · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 25, 2022

Filed

Nov 18, 2022

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hansell & Associates, LLP →

Hansell & Associates, LLP notified individuals on November 21, 2022, of a security incident discovered on May 25, 2022, where an unauthorized party accessed an employee's email account. The incident may have exposed PII including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged IT support and experts for investigation and remediation, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring and cyber monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 177 days

May 25, 2022

Discovered

Nov 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1627b4c65cb2afcc2022-11-21 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6ad6b7b7afe2144a2022-11-21 · +3dVerified

Name: Hansell & Associates, LLP
norm: hansell associates

Name: Hansell & Associates, LLP
norm: hansell associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 25, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 21, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took immediate steps to shut down access to the account
Engaged our IT support to help us investigate, evaluate, and respond to the situation
Engaged appropriate experts to assist us in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems
Providing you with access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score/Cyber Monitoring* services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices
Engaged appropriate experts to assist us in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems to ensure that enhanced security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(177 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 AGNov 18 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-726.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 18, 2022
Raw hash: 5f9dde0de5bb09354c35b54add2d15c842376dbfeda1fff6cbd035798e517d0f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHansell & Associates, LLP

Victim entityHansell & Associates, LLP

Incidentdiscovered May 25, 2022

Stated responseTook immediate steps to shut down access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov