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Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Oct 6, 2025

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs →

Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown actor gained unauthorized access to its network between Feb 11-19, 2025. The incident was discovered on Feb 24, 2025, following an IT outage. Personal information, including names, may have been accessed. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and is offering credit monitoring services.

Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday32 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days
discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 224 days

Feb 11, 2025

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Oct 6, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 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 ↗
Nebraska State AGOct 6 · first
Montana State AGOct 6 · first
New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first
Vermont State AGOct 6 · first · this page

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.