PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialEmploymentHealth (basic)MediumContained

Jeffrey Born, CPA, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 31, 2017

Filed

Jan 26, 2018

To disclose

26 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Jeffrey Born, CPA, Inc. →

Jeffrey Born, CPA, Inc. reported a physical burglary at its Sacramento office on December 31, 2017, resulting in the theft of two password-protected laptops. The stolen devices contained personal and financial information of clients, including names, SSNs, tax records (W-2, 1099), bank account details, and health insurance data. The firm notified law enforcement, regulatory agencies (IRS, FTB), and credit bureaus. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 31, 2017 → Notified Jan 26, 201826d ✓ CA 60-day OK26 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 days

Dec 31, 2017

Begins

Dec 31, 2017

Discovered

Jan 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Name: Jeffrey Born, CPA, Inc.
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Name: Jeffrey Born, CPA, Inc.
norm: jeffrey born cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 31, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 31, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 26, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialEmploymentHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSNotified the FTBNotified applicable state agencies

During the incident: Contacted Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
Conducted internal investigation to identify affected information
Notified the IRS
Notified the FTB
Notified all three credit bureaus
Notified applicable state agencies
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Reviewing office procedures and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 26d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 31, 2017
→ Notified: Jan 26, 2018
26d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 31, 2017 → Notified: Jan 26, 2018	26d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-133179
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 26, 2018
Raw hash: de28ee0afa4cf8705106bb54742e5360d14319853dc2ab8147a1a040de34cb2c

Reporting entityJeffrey Born, CPA, Inc.

Victim entityJeffrey Born, CPA, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 31, 2017

Stated responseContacted Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov