PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDPIIMediumActive

Hartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 11, 2019

Filed

Dec 4, 2019

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Hartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA →2 incidents on file

Hartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA notified clients of a physical break-in at its office on August 11, 2019. Thieves stole a computer hard drive containing unencrypted tax source documents (W-2s, 1099s) with personal data including Social Security Numbers. No misuse confirmed. Law enforcement notified; 12 months credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

Aug 11, 2019

Begins

Aug 11, 2019

Discovered

Dec 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Name: Hartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA
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Name: Hartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 11, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 11, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 3, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with law enforcement

During the incident: Cooperating with law enforcement to assist in their investigation
Launched an internal investigation to determine the nature and scope of the event
Reviewing office protocols
Providing 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services with ID Experts at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing office protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(115 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-Notice-61.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 4, 2019
Raw hash: 2aa73d0a981611291497bcad50831e23d6e5a61a35fb7b479db6a7a5c906c534

Reporting entityHartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA

Victim entityHartman, Blitch & Gartside, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Aug 11, 2019

Stated responseCooperating with law enforcement to assist in their investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov