HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

C. Kirk Holt & Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 8, 2017

Filed

Apr 4, 2017

To disclose

27 days

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

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C. Kirk Holt & Associates notified Montana regulators of a data breach where unauthorized access occurred via RDP between March 2-6, 2017. Discovered March 8, 2017. Exposed PII including SSNs. FBI/IRS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Mar 2, 2017

Begins

Mar 8, 2017

Discovered

Apr 4, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: C. Kirk Holt & Associates
norm: c kirk holt associates

Name: C. Kirk Holt & Associates
norm: c kirk holt associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2017 – Mar 6, 2017
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified applicable state agencies
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Notified the FBI, the IRS, and applicable state agencies
Partnered with Equifax to provide Credit Watch Silver identity theft protection product for one year
Reviewed office policies and procedures
Worked with law enforcement
Changes made: Reviewed office policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/C-Kirk-Holt-Associates.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2017
Raw hash: d44c03b8b03b5f0e1e33da921b1bcbb54c8f35d2265029a396d82865986f22fb

Reporting entityC. Kirk Holt & Associates

Victim entityC. Kirk Holt & Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2017

Stated responseNotified the FBI, the IRS, and applicable state agencies

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov