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Smith & James, CPAs

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

May 28, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

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Smith & James, CPAs issued a Massachusetts data security incident notice dated May 28, 2026. The firm disclosed an event involving clients' personal information, specifically Social Security Numbers and dates of birth. The notice offers 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring, identity theft insurance, and fraud assistance via Cyberscout/TransUnion. No specific number of affected individuals was disclosed in the notice.

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May 28, 2026

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_296f89322137575e2026-05-28Verified
California State AGbd_aabbe387857e7d4e2026-05-28Candidate

Name: Smith & James, CPAs
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Name: Smith & James, CPAs
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Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown

During the incident: Offering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Providing a $1,000,000 identity theft insurance policy
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout (a TransUnion company)
Providing instructions for placing security freezes on credit reports
Providing instructions for obtaining police reports regarding identity theft
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Nebraska State AGMay 28 · first

California State AGMay 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 28 · first · this page

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Leak-site claim

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Press / market report

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State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

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Source URL: https://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-865-smith-james-cpas/download
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Filed at: May 28, 2026
Raw hash: 925cf691341e3f328dd7e74a7a54a66108ce59dd4785bf950beb935f83848969

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySmith & James, CPAs

Victim entitySmith & James, CPAs

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseOffering 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov