Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Miles G. Joseph, PC

bd_8a2ea6dc2280b63c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 5, 2023

Filed

Dec 6, 2023

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Miles G. Joseph, PC →

Miles G. Joseph, PC notified individuals of a data breach where an unauthorized party accessed an employee email account. The compromise occurred on or about April 28, 2023, and was discovered on May 5, 2023. Exposed data likely included PII such as name, address, and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged IT support and experts, enhanced security, and offered 12 months of free credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 215 days

Apr 28, 2023

Begins

May 5, 2023

Discovered

Dec 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Miles G. Joseph, PC
norm: miles g joseph

Name: Miles G. Joseph, PC
norm: miles g joseph
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 28, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took immediate steps to shut down access to the account
Engaged IT support to help investigate, evaluate and respond
Engaged appropriate experts to assist in conducting a full review of security practices and systems
Provided access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring/Triple Bureau Credit Report/Triple Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to systems, security and practices
Engaged experts to conduct a full review of security practices and systems to ensure appropriate security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(215 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-919.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2023
Raw hash: 3b8b6f483a53fd407d6b504818b7df921d43e857f5423b9cc12705ac08ecad77

Reporting entityMiles G. Joseph, PC

Victim entityMiles G. Joseph, PC

Incidentdiscovered May 5, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to shut down access to the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov