HackingGovernment IDPIIMediumContained

Chokshi, Mund & Raczkowski, P.C.

bd_55919669ccaebeb3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 3, 2021

Filed

Sep 15, 2021

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Chokshi, Mund & Raczkowski, P.C. →

Chokshi, Mund, & Raczkowski, PC, a CT-based CPA firm, notified NH AG of a security incident involving its cloud-based tax storage repository. On June 3, 2021, unauthorized access was determined. The incident potentially exposed Social Security Numbers of 7 NH residents. No access was confirmed, but notice was provided out of caution. Remediation included credential resets and MFA implementation.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 104 days

Jun 3, 2021

Discovered

Sep 15, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_cb36f0cbaf4078f32021-09-21 · +6dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0fc1df24baa34bd62021-09-29 · +14dCandidate

Name: Chokshi, Mund & Raczkowski, P.C.
norm: chokshi mund raczkowski
Domain: chokshicpa.com
Industry: professional_services

Name: Chokshi, Mund & Raczkowski, P.C.
norm: chokshi mund raczkowski
Domain: chokshicpa.com
Industry: professional_services

Discovered: Jun 3, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2021
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Consumer Protection Bureau, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired third-party experts to further secure its systems and perform an investigation into the unauthorized activity
Reset its user credentials for accessing the cloud-based storage repository
Enabled multifactor authentication to further secure access to the repository
Changes made: Enabled multifactor authentication to further secure access to the repository
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(104 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 15 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (NH), last Sep 29 (NH) — a 14-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/chokshi-mund-raczkowski-pc-20210915.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2021
Raw hash: ade19e3e96e8cdc7a82fe4bdfe723ec5d349e219f112fa0037b8f8e4340ba54c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChokshi, Mund & Raczkowski, P.C.

Victim entityChokshi, Mund & Raczkowski, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2021

Stated responseHired third-party experts to further secure its systems and perform an investigation into the unauthorized activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov