HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsBECData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

ELO CPAs & Advisors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 10, 2024

Filed

Jan 23, 2024

To disclose

13 days

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ELO CPAs & Advisors →

ELO CPAs & Advisors notified NH AG of a March 24, 2023 security incident affecting ~3 NH residents. Unauthorized access led to exfiltration of PII (SSN, DOB, tax info). Discovered Jan 10, 2024. FBI/IRS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 292 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Mar 24, 2023

Begins

Jan 10, 2024

Discovered

Jan 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

17 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_18c76991d1ca09122024-01-18 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4c12bf478b56ad572024-01-18 · +5dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_8fe0a58363be30142024-01-18 · +5dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_be57bbd5f9fa0ff12024-01-18 · +5dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_c1e094ad196792692024-01-18 · +5dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: ELO CPAs & Advisors
norm: elo cpas advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2023
Undetected for: 292 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 18, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Notified the FBI and the IRS
Contained and secured the threat
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Advised affected residents to remain vigilant in reviewing financial account statements
Changes made: Reviewed existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhanced security measures and monitoring tools
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGJan 18 · first

Maine State AGJan 18 · first

Montana State AGJan 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 18 · first

Vermont State AGJan 18 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 18 (IN), last Jan 23 (NH) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/elo-cpas-advisors-20240123.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 23, 2024
Raw hash: a5b5de3d864aab2f131e30c8b99c9d0fc9e08f7ce863c6f0bfbe8c62938b8d20

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityELO CPAs & Advisors

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2024

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov