HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASICMediumContained
Douglas M Smith & Co, CPAs
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Full breach record for Douglas M Smith & Co, CPAs →Douglas M. Smith & Co. CPA, a Fresno-based accounting firm, reported a data incident occurring March 31–April 1, 2020. Fraudulent tax returns were filed using clients' Social Security Numbers and public information. The firm identified 30 fraudulent returns, reported the incident to the IRS, Secret Service, and law enforcement, and engaged forensic investigators. No unauthorized access to the firm's systems was found. The firm provided credit monitoring and identity theft insurance to affected clients and dependents.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-191767
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Jul 7, 2020
- Raw hash
- 61e6066405572b7d47d2498d4a2bfa8af666e168dc5704b66c233dea94932a01
Reporting entity
- Name
- Douglas M Smith & Co, CPAsnorm: douglas m smith co cpas
Victim entity
- Name
- Douglas M Smith & Co, CPAsnorm: douglas m smith co cpas
Incident
- Discovered
- Mar 25, 2020
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_GOVERNMENTIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified the IRSNotified the Secret ServiceNotified the Fresno PoliceNotified the FBI
- Initial access
- valid_credentials
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 15 weeks(104 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- — (clock not assessable for this source)
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.