HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Smith Freed & Eberhard

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 26, 2018

Filed

Sep 21, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Smith Freed & Eberhard →

Smith Freed & Eberhard, P.C. notified individuals of a July 26, 2018 incident where unauthorized access acquired names, SSNs, and earnings data. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and IRS, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jul 26, 2018

Discovered

Sep 21, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2ca65dec21b3c96c2018-09-21Verified
Oregon State AGbd_8b61bcb8abef39d32018-09-21Verified

Name: Smith Freed & Eberhard
norm: smith freed eberhard

Name: Smith Freed & Eberhard
norm: smith freed eberhard
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 26, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified state taxing authorities
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a leading cyber security and forensics firm to help contain and investigate the incident
Notified the FBI, the IRS, and state taxing authorities of the incident
Changes made: Reviewing information security policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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 · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 21 · first

Oregon State AGSep 21 · first

Montana State AGSep 21 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Smith-Freed-Eberhard.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 21, 2018
Raw hash: 259c583b55d994c375b3aa41f5fbdb0a7e2f496b95e8182e16bb2f5e6582b2b8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySmith Freed & Eberhard

Victim entitySmith Freed & Eberhard

Incidentdiscovered Jul 26, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a leading cyber security and forensics firm to help contain and investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov