Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Marks & Associates, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 14, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Marks & Associates, P.C. →

Marks & Associates, a CPA firm, experienced a data breach in November 2018 due to a social engineering scam that allowed unauthorized access to an employee's email account and network. Personal information, including names and potentially Social Security numbers, of clients and household members was exposed. No evidence of file extraction was found. The firm shut down access, replaced servers, engaged forensic consultants, and offered credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

Nov 1, 2018

Begins

Aug 14, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_401ea79d76f41fa52019-08-14Candidate

Name: Marks & Associates, P.C.
norm: marks associates
Domain: marksandassociatespc.com

Name: Marks & Associates, P.C.
norm: marks associates
Domain: marksandassociatespc.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2018 – Nov 30, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 13, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Shutting down access to the account
Replacing our entire server
Implementing additional security measures
Engaged a third party and outside IT and information security consultant to further investigate, evaluate and respond to the situation
Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security and practices
Engaged appropriate consultants to assist us in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems
Changes made: Providing access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance and identity fraud and theft resolution services
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 14 · first

California State AGAug 14 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149761
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2019
Raw hash: 8c22678c6db4ad357b7ff424d9839ce1111737e4b7ec71da3a131c04fafa7e68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMarks & Associates, P.C.

Victim entityMarks & Associates, P.C.

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseShutting down access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov