HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Seward and Monde

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 2, 2025

Filed

Oct 3, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Seward and Monde →

Seward and Monde, a CPA firm, notified consumers of a data breach affecting an email account. Unauthorized access was identified on September 2, 2025. The incident compromised names, Social Security numbers, and potentially addresses. The firm engaged forensic specialists, secured the account, and is offering 24 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday4 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

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Sep 2, 2025

Discovered

Oct 3, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_eb194b4ed6ffcc562025-10-03Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_fcea7ad9caf49eb72025-10-02 · +1dVerified

Name: Seward and Monde
norm: seward and monde

Name: Seward and Monde
norm: seward and monde
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 2, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the appropriate government authorities as required by law
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Began a comprehensive investigation with the assistance of external cyber-forensic specialists
Notified the appropriate government authorities as required by law
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Experian for 24 months
Changes made: Implementing additional security enhancements to help prevent this type of event from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 2 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Vermont State AG+1d · 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.

Source URL: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-10-03-seward-and-monde-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2025
Raw hash: cd23ef4e7e4c00aeec4213f79ac237ed47f027576e0f31e958ab77f6a44261d7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySeward and Monde

Victim entitySeward and Monde

Incidentdiscovered Sep 2, 2025

Stated responseSecured the account

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov