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Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC

bd_79138644d51ca05e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

Jul 22, 2021

To disclose

13 months

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC3 incidents on file

Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, P.C. (KASH) notified Montana residents that an unauthorized individual accessed a KASH employee email account between April 29 and July 2, 2020. The compromise likely exposed personal information including names, SSNs, and financial data. KASH engaged outside cybersecurity professionals for investigation and offered one year of Equifax Credit Watch Gold to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

undetected · 64 days
discovery → filing · 13 months / 385 days

Apr 29, 2020

Begins

Jul 2, 2020

Discovered

Jul 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 22 · first
Montana State AGJul 22 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 22 (IN), last Jul 29 (NH) — a 7-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.