MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowResolved

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

Aug 12, 2022

To disclose

21 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →9 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, an accounting firm, experienced a data breach via its third-party cloud vendor Netgain. Between Nov 8 and Dec 3, 2020, attackers accessed servers, copied/stole files, and encrypted them in a ransomware attack. Netgain paid a ransom. Affected data includes names and other personal information. Perkins offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 3, 2020 → Notified Aug 16, 2022621d ✗ CA 60-day late21 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 21 months / 617 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

Aug 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+69 wks slower

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

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 16, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authoritiesReported to applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Third party: via Netgain
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Working with outside cybersecurity specialists
Conducted a comprehensive and time-intensive review of the information stored on the impacted server
Reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional advanced threat protection tools
Resetting passwords
Reviewing and restricting access rights
Hardening network security rules and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 months(617 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 621d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
→ Notified: Aug 16, 2022
621d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 3, 2020 → Notified: Aug 16, 2022	621d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-556212
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 12, 2022
Raw hash: 7f306f7938b0f9a2f325a6efa4d162296de4c33c8ccf9faaab082064bad225be

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseWorking with outside cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov