HackingStolen CredentialsBECData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumContained
Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC
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Full breach record for Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC →Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLC notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed its tax software between June 22-26, 2024. The incident involved unauthorized access and an attempt to file fraudulent tax returns. Affected data included names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial account numbers. The firm engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm and reported the fraud to the IRS. One year of complimentary identity monitoring was offered.
Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday6 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_3ba1077ca1c9ea69New Hampshire State AGfiled 2024-08-07Verified
- bd_64540db5af03b8b1Maine State AGfiled 2024-08-07Candidate
- bd_b20f0e90241b4943Indiana State AGfiled 2024-08-07Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-08-07-heier-weisbrot-bernstein-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Aug 7, 2024
- Raw hash
- 7eefd555a3bec6de53baf71d66f82cb05644de8e85be849088ee84e46587897b
Reporting entity
- Name
- Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLCnorm: heier weisbrot bernstein
- Domain
- hwb-cpa.com
Victim entity
- Name
- Heier Weisbrot & Bernstein, LLCnorm: heier weisbrot bernstein
- Domain
- hwb-cpa.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Jun 27, 2024
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Aug 7, 2024
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Reported fraudulent returns to the IRS
- Initial access
- exploit_public_facing
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- VT AG >14 bday
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.