Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

May 18, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock →

Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock & Co. notified clients of a phishing incident during the 2022 tax season that led to fraudulent tax filings and unusual bank account activity. Misused data included names, SSNs, addresses, and financial account info. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified the IRS, and offered credit monitoring via Epiq.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 18, 2022

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_48d249827cb369382022-05-18Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_5ee835ef219833352022-05-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e27f17f400b46fe42022-05-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ba5773ae56bd49c32022-05-12 · +6dVerified

Name: Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock
norm: fredette sankowski woodcock

Name: Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock
norm: fredette sankowski woodcock
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts
Notified the IRS of the situation
Offering complimentary identity protection services through Epiq
Implementing several enhanced security measures
Changes made: Implementing several enhanced security measures to safeguard personal information
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 12 · first

Maine State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

South Carolina State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 12 (IN), last May 18 (SC) — a 6-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/FredetteSankowski.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2022
Raw hash: 8d9506805c7882535802f2af89c872f2d9f57f7a12f4bbaa416cb40166fe4706

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFredette, Sankowski, Woodcock

Victim entityFredette, Sankowski, Woodcock

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseEngaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov