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GLOBALMalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareLockBit 3.xRansom DemandedActor NamedOFAC SanctionedCritical

The Donovan Company

bd_3a979de517812ad9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 22, 2022

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Donovan Company →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group LockBit 3.x on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Sanctions caution: LockBit 3.x carries US sanctions exposure — OFAC has designated the group or its operators. Public reporting is permitted (informational-materials exemption, 50 U.S.C. § 1702(b)(3)) — but any payment or material support may violate sanctions. Consult counsel before engaging.

Group activity: Financial ServicesDiscovered: 2022-12-22
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Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

A small boutique CPA firm located in Irvine California. We provide tax and accounting services to individuals and their businesses. Hands on assistance with tax planning, tax compliance and various other matters. We believe getting to know our client...

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 22, 2022

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

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

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteDec 22 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+54d
California State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Dec 22, last Feb 14 (CA) — a 54-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.