HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Santoro CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 19, 2016

Filed

Sep 27, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Santoro CPA →2 incidents on file

Santoro CPA notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized user accessed servers containing names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. Forensic experts were hired, and Kroll was engaged to provide two years of credit monitoring. The incident was discovered on August 19, 2016.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Aug 19, 2016

Discovered

Sep 27, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

12 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_027acab0107e519a2016-09-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b3df85a355a679062016-09-30 · +3dVerified

Name: Santoro CPA
norm: santoro cpa

Name: Santoro CPA
norm: santoro cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 19, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: informed the IRS of our investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired independent computer forensic experts to assist with our investigation
Engaged Kroll to provide single bureau credit monitoring and identity restoration services at no cost to you for two years
Informed the IRS of our investigation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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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New Hampshire State AGSep 27 · first

Montana State AGSep 27 · first · this page

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/Santora-CPA-and-SimpleBooks-Corp..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 27, 2016
Raw hash: bf307cdbd8f1ce5b5c6d59baca5297ede80cad25cfbf261c8684442d8c65bc9c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySantoro CPA

Victim entitySantoro CPA

Incidentdiscovered Aug 19, 2016

Stated responseHired independent computer forensic experts to assist with our investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov