PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Wheeler & Associates, CPA, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 3, 2011

Filed

Mar 8, 2011

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Confidence

67%

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Wheeler & Associates, CPA, P.A. notified NH AG of a break-in at its Boca Raton offices resulting in theft of computers/hard drives containing PII (names, SSNs, addresses). 19 NH residents affected. Drives recovered; data likely overwritten. Firm offered credit monitoring and implemented encryption/MFA.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 64 days

Jan 3, 2011

Discovered

Mar 8, 2011

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed19 affectedView incident

Name: Wheeler & Associates, CPA, P.A.
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Name: Wheeler & Associates, CPA, P.A.
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2011
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified the Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire

During the incident: Reported the break-in to local law enforcement immediately
Partnered with Affinion BreachShield to offer credit monitoring services
Utilizing hard drive encryption on all of its computers and back-up software
Increased security monitoring at its offices
Notified all three major credit bureaus of the incident
Changes made: Utilizing hard drive encryption on all of its computers and back-up software
Increased security monitoring at its offices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(64 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/wheeler-cpa-20110308.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2011
Raw hash: 47df15525eca513c04197c004ec547e9dfa0976d4a1d0769540e740512d7afda

Reporting entityWheeler & Associates, CPA, P.A.

Victim entityWheeler & Associates, CPA, P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2011

Stated responseReported the break-in to local law enforcement immediately

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov