MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)CredentialsHighResolved

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

Mar 11, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

41,871state residents only

Linked

24 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →9 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, an accounting firm, disclosed a ransomware incident affecting its third-party cloud hosting vendor, Netgain Technologies. Unauthorized access occurred between November 8 and December 3, 2020. The attacker encrypted files, stole data, and demanded a ransom, which Netgain paid. Affected data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's licenses, financial account info, and medical data. 41,871 Washington residents were notified. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 98 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

Mar 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 24 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_ba5d30aabab3a1412022-05-26 · +441dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27 · +442dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27 · +442dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_ea38731c50620c8e2022-05-27 · +442dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 575d gap

Oregon State AGbd_f2d5e0dbc45e8b312022-05-27 · +442dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_74b4a2c65ecffaf02022-06-03 · +449dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +519dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +522dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +571dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +575dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 23 linked disclosures.

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2021
Affected individuals: 41,871state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Credentials
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthPassport number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of Washington
Third party: via Netgain Technologies
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Provided potentially impacted individuals with access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX for twelve (12) months
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Conducted a detailed review of the information considered at risk
Notified the Office of the Attorney General
Changes made: Netgain implemented additional advanced threat protection tools
Netgain reset passwords
Netgain reviewed and restricted access rights
Netgain hardened network security rules and protocols
Perkins retained an expert consultant to help provide our firm and clients with an even higher level of data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(98 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Washington State AGMar 11 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+441d

Maine State AG+442d

Delaware State AG+442d

Oregon State AG+442d

New Hampshire State AG+449d

Maine State AG+519d

New Hampshire State AG+522d

Maine State AG+571d

New Hampshire State AG+575d

Pattern: first filing Mar 11 (WA), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 575-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 23 — the full spread may be wider.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10422.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2021
Raw hash: dfc49c6263bf12540542fe196b01d63ead1914ad7270647404efb2087a9a509d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseProvided potentially impacted individuals with access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX for twelve (12) months

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com