HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 7, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC →

Sanders Walsh & Eaton CPAs LLC suffered a data breach on March 13, 2025, when an unauthorized actor gained access to their systems for less than four hours and exfiltrated personal data. The compromised information included names and potentially Social Security numbers. The firm reported the incident to law enforcement and the IRS, and is providing identity monitoring services through Kroll to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Mar 13, 2025

Begins

Jul 7, 2025

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d55ac5c2ea4b1a882025-07-07Verified
Maine State AGbd_fac69dd5111a8db52025-06-26 · +11dCandidate

Name: Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC
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Name: Sanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC
norm: sanders walsh eaton cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2025 – Mar 13, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to the IRS

During the incident: Reported the incident to law enforcement
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost
Provided a dedicated call center to provide support services and address inquiries
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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Maine State AGJun 26 · first

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Vermont State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 26 (ME), last Jul 7 (VT) — a 11-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-07-07-sanders-walsh-eaton-cpas-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2025
Raw hash: 04955dd2371bc4ce2b7c69d708ba430e670141743eb3be03b89cffda2b4375e4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC

Victim entitySanders Walsh Eaton CPAs LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseReported the incident to law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov