Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 13, 2022

Filed

May 18, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock →

Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock & Co. reported a phishing incident during the 2022 tax season affecting client personal information, including SSNs and financial data. The firm engaged forensic experts and notified the IRS. Affected individuals received credit monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 29 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Mar 15, 2022

Begins

Apr 13, 2022

Discovered

May 18, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_48d249827cb369382022-05-18Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_49db54c8e3630b042022-05-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e27f17f400b46fe42022-05-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_ba5773ae56bd49c32022-05-12 · +6dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Fredette, Sankowski, Woodcock
norm: fredette sankowski woodcock
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2022
Undetected for: 29 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts
Notified the IRS of the situation
Providing you with complimentary identity protection services through Epiq
Changes made: Implementing several enhanced security measures to safeguard personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 12 · first

Maine State AG+6d

South Carolina State AG+6d

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 12 (IN), last May 18 (NH) — a 6-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/fredtte-sankowski-woodcock-20220518.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2022
Raw hash: 7b6565cee1c6242d873307cdedb1bd9a258a24d66aebed151c104298b1f62f57

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityFredette, Sankowski, Woodcock

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2022

Stated responseEngaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov