HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Alan J. Straus, PC

bd_37876a6b6df1c53b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2023

Filed

Jun 2, 2023

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Alan J. Straus, PC →

Alan J. Straus, PC notified clients in March 2023 that unauthorized actors accessed an employee's email account and a tax information storage system. Personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, may have been compromised. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement and tax authorities, and provided one year of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 93 days

Mar 1, 2023

Discovered

Jun 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_1341ac167ccefbfc2023-06-02Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ff7c85b6fafbc4882023-06-02Verified

Name: Alan J. Straus, PC
norm: alan j straus

Name: Alan J. Straus, PC
norm: alan j straus
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2023
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 AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Internal Revenue ServiceNotified state tax authoritiesNotified law enforcementReported the Incident to relevant authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed passwords
Engaging cybersecurity professionals to assist
Notifying the Internal Revenue Service, state tax authorities, and law enforcement
Engaged a leading data security and privacy firm to assist our investigation
Implemented additional safeguards on top of our existing protections
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Added additional security measures to our existing protections
Worked to strengthen our systems and practices further to prevent similar events from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(93 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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Massachusetts State AGJun 2 · first

Indiana State AGJun 2 · first

Montana State AGJun 2 · first · this page

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-331.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2023
Raw hash: d497115d69adad2e047206bae5399449bd3c8a5e7fc8b875f47b7490e5218a63

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAlan J. Straus, PC

Victim entityAlan J. Straus, PC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2023

Stated responseChanged passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov