PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Williamson, John D. CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 10, 2017

Filed

Feb 27, 2017

To disclose

17 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Williamson, John D. CPA →

John D. Williamson, CPA, reported the theft of two password-protected laptops containing client tax data (SSN, DOB, bank info) from his vehicle in Laguna Beach, CA. One New Hampshire resident was notified. Williamson offered 2 years of credit monitoring and implemented policies prohibiting sensitive data on portable devices.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 17 days

Feb 9, 2017

Begins

Feb 10, 2017

Discovered

Feb 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Williamson, John D. CPA
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Name: Williamson, John D. CPA
norm: williamson john d cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 9, 2017 – Feb 10, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralProviding notice to other state regulators as necessary

During the incident: Reported incident to local law enforcement
Mailed written notice to affected individual
Offered 2 years of credit monitoring and identity protection services through AllClear ID
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented a new policy prohibiting the storage of sensitive client data on portable electronic devices
Reset and strengthened relevant user account passwords
Increasing the number of passwords needed to access internal tax software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/williamson-john-20170227.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2017
Raw hash: cc75d5d50d5c32c059547bdc25155b3203b5e6b03371d0141fedfe39cc4d9f22

Reporting entityWilliamson, John D. CPA

Victim entityWilliamson, John D. CPA

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2017

Stated responseReported incident to local law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov