HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTMediumContained
Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC
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Full breach record for Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC →Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC notified the NH Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized actor accessed tax software between June 22-26, 2024. The actor attempted to file fraudulent tax returns for 3 NH residents. The firm detected the attempt on June 27, 2024, engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm, and mailed notifications on August 7, 2024, offering credit monitoring services.
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_4c8ff54a915235c5Vermont State AGfiled 2024-08-07Verified
- bd_64540db5af03b8b1Maine State AGfiled 2024-08-07Candidate
- bd_b20f0e90241b4943Indiana State AGfiled 2024-08-07Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/heier-weisbrot-bernstein-20240807.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Aug 7, 2024
- Raw hash
- 9643e16c3a37187b8ada80dd1603afc9e1f5834fc8f4d88c7a2add9fc85288f6
Reporting entity
- Name
- Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLCnorm: heier weisbrot bernstein
- Domain
- hwb-cpa.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLCnorm: heier weisbrot bernstein
- Domain
- hwb-cpa.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jun 27, 2024
- Materiality determined
- Jul 29, 2024
- Notification sent
- Aug 7, 2024
- Affected individuals
- 3
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified Attorney General John FormellaReported fraudulent returns to the IRS
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.