HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsBECData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

RINA Accountants & Advisors

bd_4572a6ef775dbabc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2022

Filed

Jul 29, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RINA Accountants & Advisors →

RINA Accountants & Advisors notified clients of a data security incident discovered in May 2022 involving unauthorized access to client information between Feb 28 and June 6, 2022. The incident resulted in fraudulent tax return filings. Affected data likely included names and government IDs. RINA engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, IRS, and CA FTB, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 89 days

Feb 28, 2022

Begins

May 1, 2022

Discovered

Jul 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_ee5969ec96317d162022-07-29Verified
California State AGbd_cbd4b68b21568be82022-08-01 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5aaceafeaa39e6ff2022-08-02 · +4dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_ff45d2a11fefa6072022-08-18 · +20dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 141d gap

Maine State AGbd_d1816d9a6976ecf62022-10-31 · +94dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f78130f222755ccf2022-10-31 · +94dVerified
California State AGbd_8c90e34845e6e3e12022-12-17 · +141dVerified

Name: RINA Accountants & Advisors
norm: rina accountants advisors

Name: RINA Accountants & Advisors
norm: rina accountants advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2022 – Jun 6, 2022
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationReported the incident to the Internal Revenue ServiceReported the incident to the California Franchise Tax Board
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained cybersecurity experts to assist RINA with determining the cause of the fraudulent filings and whether there had been unauthorized access to RINA’s network
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board
Offering free credit monitoring services for 12 or 24 months through Epiq
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(89 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJul 29 · first

Montana State AGJul 29 · first · this page

California State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Delaware State AG+20d

Maine State AG+94d

New Hampshire State AG+94d

California State AG+141d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (IN), last Dec 17 (CA) — a 141-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-457.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 29, 2022
Raw hash: 045f49bf484358c566a475f5e9741c5bdeaf8c9b378f1d42514f101720c777d0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRINA Accountants & Advisors

Victim entityRINA Accountants & Advisors

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2022

Stated responseRetained cybersecurity experts to assist RINA with determining the cause of the fraudulent filings and whether there had been unauthorized access to RINA’s network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov