MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingRansomwareTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

Hawkes Hastings & Aaron

bd_5e5970ec34c28939 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 7, 2020

Filed

Jun 1, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hawkes Hastings & Aaron →

Hawkes Hastings & Aaron Accountancy Corporation notified clients of a data breach where malware was found on a system on March 23, 2020, following user interaction with a malicious email. Client PII, including SSNs and tax info, may have been accessed. The firm engaged IT security, notified the IRS and law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Mar 23, 2020

Begins

Apr 7, 2020

Discovered

Jun 1, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Name: Hawkes Hastings & Aaron
norm: hawkes hastings aaron
Domain: hha-cpas.com

Name: Hawkes Hastings & Aaron
norm: hawkes hastings aaron
Domain: hha-cpas.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 7, 2020
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2020
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Internal Revenue ServiceNotified state tax agenciesNotified law enforcement officials
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the access to our systems and tax software
Engaged IT security professionals to perform a scan and analysis of our systems
Notified the Internal Revenue Service, the state tax agencies and law enforcement officials
Engaged appropriate experts to assist us in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to our systems, security and practices
Engaged appropriate experts to assist us in conducting a full review of our security practices and systems to ensure that appropriate security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-96.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 1, 2020
Raw hash: 6c671067b6e4c27de034ec06dc3d76399a4b633a1a9c352a77c46e6f3c349413

Reporting entityHawkes Hastings & Aaron

Victim entityHawkes Hastings & Aaron

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the access to our systems and tax software

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov