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

Bradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 6, 2018

Filed

Jan 11, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Bradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S. →

Bradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S. disclosed a social engineering scam resulting in unauthorized access to an employee's email account on November 6, 2018. Potential exposure of client PII including name, address, SSN, and tax documents. The firm shut down email access, enhanced security, engaged IT experts, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Nov 6, 2018

Discovered

Jan 11, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Bradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S.
norm: bradley w orser cpa inc ps
Domain: orsercpa.com

Name: Bradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S.
norm: bradley w orser cpa inc ps
Domain: orsercpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 6, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
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: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Shut down ALL access to our email accounts
Added an additional layer of security to email accounts
Notified email corresponding clients
Engaged IT experts to assist with full review of email security practices
Provided access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to email systems, security, and practices
Recommended Multi-Factor Authentication for clients
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 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/Bradley-W.-Orser-C.P.A.-Inc.-P.S..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 11, 2019
Raw hash: 9b8613ec70c6182b416131f084673210b48c65be2ab89fa76a52d5dea56b278c

Reporting entityBradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S.

Victim entityBradley W. Orser, C.P.A., Inc., P.S.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 6, 2018

Stated responseShut down ALL access to our email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov