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HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Kenneth M. Gerstein, CPA, MST, LLC

bd_780f2993e3b30aa6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 21, 2022

Filed

Sep 12, 2022

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Kenneth M. Gerstein, CPA, MST, LLC

Kenneth M. Gerstein, CPA, MST, LLC notified the NH AG that an unknown actor accessed an employee email account between Jan 7-22, 2022. Suspicious activity was detected on Jan 21, 2022. The incident involved names and SSNs of 5 NH residents. Notices were sent on Sep 7, 2022. The firm engaged forensic specialists, notified the FBI, secured the account, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days
discovery → filing · 33 weeks / 234 days

Jan 7, 2022

Begins

Jan 21, 2022

Discovered

Sep 12, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Maine State AGSep 7 · first
Montana State AGSep 7 · first
New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 7 (ME), last Sep 12 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.