Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Bronwick Benjamin PC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 26, 2021

Filed

Nov 10, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bronwick Benjamin PC →

Bronswick Benjamin P.C., a business advisory and accounting firm, notified individuals of a business email compromise detected on May 26, 2021. An unauthorized third party accessed the account, likely for financial gain unrelated to the victims' data. The firm engaged forensic specialists, secured the email environment, and offered credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

May 26, 2021

Begins

May 26, 2021

Discovered

Nov 10, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Bronwick Benjamin PC
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Name: Bronwick Benjamin PC
norm: bronwick benjamin
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 26, 2021
Breach occurred: May 26, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist in securing the account and analyzing the potentially unauthorized activity
Initiated incident response
Confirmed the security of Bronswick Benjamin’s email environment
Reviewed and altered policies and procedures relating to the security of our email environment
Offered credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed and altered policies and procedures relating to the security of our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(168 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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-71.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 10, 2021
Raw hash: 639f1c26b6706dd49856dc439ad9b99eaef64e13f93344b5fc91948e0527039b

Reporting entityBronwick Benjamin PC

Victim entityBronwick Benjamin PC

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2021

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic specialists to assist in securing the account and analyzing the potentially unauthorized activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov