HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Keith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 3, 2017

Filed

May 31, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Keith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc. →

Keith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc. disclosed that an unauthorized third party gained access to its secure computer network on or about March 29, 2017. The firm discovered the incident on April 3, 2017. Personal information including name, address, date of birth, social security number, and/or financial account information may have been exposed. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified federal authorities, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Mar 29, 2017

Begins

Apr 3, 2017

Discovered

May 31, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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_47c7cba00944f18e2017-06-02 · +2dVerified

Name: Keith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc.
norm: keith m southwood cpa
Domain: southwoodcpa.com

Name: Keith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc.
norm: keith m southwood cpa
Domain: southwoodcpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 29, 2017
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal authorities

During the incident: Engaged independent forensic computer experts to assist
Notified federal authorities and are cooperating with their ongoing investigations
Offering 12 months of complimentary Equifax Credit Watch Silver identity theft protection services
Changes made: Taking steps to assess our data security policies and procedures
Will make any changes necessary to help prevent this type of incident from recurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
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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California State AGMay 31 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/sb24-69409
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2017
Raw hash: 35e655cd1812dde73ccf57c550c87e9bf83eb194f94b8d94345742cbcc96c85a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKeith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc.

Victim entityKeith M. Southwood, CPA, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 3, 2017

Stated responseEngaged independent forensic computer experts to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov