PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumResolved

EPIQ

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2017

Filed

Jun 27, 2017

To disclose

27 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for EPIQ →

Michael Adams, CPA, notified Montana residents of a data breach resulting from the theft of a password-protected laptop from a locked vehicle on May 31, 2017. The laptop contained PII, SSNs, and financial data. Notices were sent on June 26, 2017, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 days

May 31, 2017

Begins

May 31, 2017

Discovered

Jun 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Name: Michael Adams, CPA
norm: michael adams
Domain: app.epiqhub.com

Name: EPIQ
norm: epiq
Domain: app.epiqhub.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 31, 2017
Breach occurred: May 31, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 26, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Los Angeles Police DepartmentNotifying all applicable state agencies

During the incident: Notified the Los Angeles Police Department
Notifying all applicable state agencies
Arranged for Equifax to provide Credit Watch Gold identity theft protection product for one year at no charge
Changes made: Reviewed security policies and procedures
Adopted additional safeguards to prevent from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 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/Epiq.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2017
Raw hash: 19a60fae428e1601c8cb8e63bfbb5e70f0661f9ebd665827b0c21e9b4b221486

Reporting entityMichael Adams, CPA

Victim entityEPIQ

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2017

Stated responseNotified the Los Angeles Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov