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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

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 filings 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.