MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Bill Pollard, JR CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 31, 2022

Filed

Jun 27, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bill Pollard, JR CPA →2 incidents on file

Bill Pollard, Jr CPA notified Montana residents of a March 2022 ransomware incident where malicious code was discovered in company software. Attackers exfiltrated a file containing PII (names, SSNs, DOBs, bank accounts). Notices began May 17, 2022. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement/FBI/IRS, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Mar 31, 2022

Discovered

Jun 27, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

5 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

California State AGbd_1217c13d23c5d0922022-06-28 · +1dVerified

Name: Bill Pollard, JR CPA
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Name: Bill Pollard, JR CPA
norm: bill pollard jr cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 31, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 17, 2022
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted local law enforcementContacted the FBIContacted the IRSContacted the California Franchise Tax Board
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a computer forensics expert to determine the cause of the unauthorized access
Contacted local law enforcement, the FBI, the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board
Offered credit monitoring service for two years
Changes made: Implemented a cloud-delivered endpoint protection platform
Implemented network firewalls
Implemented disk encryption
Implemented policies for computer updates and password rotation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 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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Montana State AGJun 27 · first · this page

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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-Notification-Letter-266.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2022
Raw hash: ea715bbb59ac5f5141db9fabf6cabb6523547774354088668668eb9df841468e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBill Pollard, JR CPA

Victim entityBill Pollard, JR CPA

Incidentdiscovered Mar 31, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a computer forensics expert to determine the cause of the unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov