HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsBECTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Kevin J Palmer & Co.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 6, 2017

Filed

Jul 25, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kevin J Palmer & Co. →

Kevin J Palmer & Co. notified Montana residents of a cyberattack discovered on June 6, 2017. Cybercriminals accessed the firm's tax filing software using staff credentials via a remote-access system. The incident potentially exposed PII, SSNs, and financial account data. The firm engaged forensic investigators, worked with the IRS and law enforcement, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jun 6, 2017

Begins

Jun 6, 2017

Discovered

Jul 25, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4 affectedView incident

Name: Kevin J Palmer & Co.
norm: kevin j palmer

Name: Kevin J Palmer & Co.
norm: kevin j palmer
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 6, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Worked with the IRSWorking with law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired forensic team to conduct an investigation
Worked with the IRS
Working with law enforcement to resolve the issue
Changed Federal electronic filing credentials
Partnered with Equifax to provide Credit Watch Silver identity theft protection product for 12 months
Changes made: Taken measures to secure our system and our workstations
Changed Federal electronic filing credentials as an added precaution
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 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/Kelvin-J-Palmer-Co.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2017
Raw hash: 68cad83e3954e08db70e599a2de9feb6a1ad88a3e29c33eef40c275739ab590c

Reporting entityKevin J Palmer & Co.

Victim entityKevin J Palmer & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2017

Stated responseHired forensic team to conduct an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov