HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesBrute ForceStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Carbahal & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 15, 2023

Filed

Jul 7, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carbahal & Company →

Carbahal & Company notified clients of a data breach where an employee email account was compromised via a brute force attack. The firm discovered the incident on March 15, 2023. Potentially exposed data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and birth dates. The firm engaged cyber specialists, enhanced security protocols, and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 114 days

Mar 15, 2023

Discovered

Jul 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 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

Maine State AGbd_045b0f9d113b3ed62023-07-07Candidate

Name: Carbahal & Company
norm: carbahal
Domain: carbahalcpa.com

Name: Carbahal & Company
norm: carbahal
Domain: carbahalcpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 15, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute ForceT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Shut down access to the account
Engaged IT support and additional cyber specialists to help investigate, evaluate and respond to the situation
Made immediate enhancements to systems, security and practices
Engaged appropriate experts to assist in conducting a full review of security practices and systems
Provided access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout through Identity Force
Changes made: Enhanced security protocols are in place going forward
Full review of security practices and systems to ensure that enhanced security protocols are in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(114 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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Maine State AGJul 7 · first

Montana State AGJul 7 · first · this page

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-666.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2023
Raw hash: 8dab14f7bec94ca269f09b97af592a84c93c5f1ba1e55d2e430c7d52b8d28594

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarbahal & Company

Victim entityCarbahal & Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 15, 2023

Stated responseShut down access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov