Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

KuberneoCPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 10, 2020

Filed

Jan 14, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for KuberneoCPA →

KuberneoCPA notified the NH Attorney General of a phishing incident affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred March 31–April 25, 2020. Discovery was December 10, 2020. Names and SSNs were accessed. No evidence of misuse. 12 months credit monitoring provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 254 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Mar 31, 2020

Begins

Dec 10, 2020

Discovered

Jan 14, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7363ccc6ee3a64bf2021-01-12 · +2dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: KuberneoCPA
norm: kuberneocpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 10, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 31, 2020 – Apr 25, 2020
Undetected for: 254 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured these accounts
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals to perform an extensive forensic investigation and manual review of documents in these accounts
Providing the affected residents with written notification of this incident
Providing the residents with 12 months of credit monitoring
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices to enhance the security and privacy of the personal information it maintains
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJan 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/kuberneocpa-20210114.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 14, 2021
Raw hash: 064351fece14a2b03ae5f36a27d7dcc9334f35a2391c39019901dc42553010c3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityKuberneoCPA

Incidentdiscovered Dec 10, 2020

Stated responseSecured these accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov