HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2018

Filed

Nov 7, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc →

Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc notified clients on Nov 7, 2018, that an unauthorized third party accessed personal information for the 2015 tax year starting Sept 27, 2018. Data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Sep 27, 2018

Discovered

Nov 7, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Washington State AGbd_b4ee0eae193190a72018-11-12 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ee296f2b5642ae322018-11-12 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f7b78f178f437ff72018-11-12 · +5dVerified

Name: Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc
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Name: Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc
norm: collier heggerness bronk cpa s ps
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 7, 2018
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained a digital forensics firm and legal counsel
Reported the matter to law enforcement
Offered free credit monitoring services for 12 months through AllClear ID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 7 · first · this page

Washington State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MT), last Nov 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Collier-Heggerness-Bronk-CPAs-PS-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 7, 2018
Raw hash: beec0df3a0db9948b3461d75c5789b3a81e1d375f86972984db85cc94bdc7041

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCollier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc

Victim entityCollier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2018

Stated responseRetained a digital forensics firm and legal counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov