MalwareProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 21, 2018

Filed

Mar 23, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, P.C. notified NH AG of a breach affecting 17 NH residents. Ransomware attacked a third-party cloud backup location on Nov 29, 2017. Discovered Feb 21, 2018 via NYSDTF. Data involved: PII, SSN, financial info. Response: Forensic investigation, law enforcement notification, credit monitoring provided.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Nov 29, 2017

Begins

Feb 21, 2018

Discovered

Mar 23, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4810f87b231df7c22018-03-24 · +1dVerified

Name: Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, P.C.
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Name: Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, P.C.
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Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 29, 2017
Undetected for: 84 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (NYSDTF)Contacted IRSReported to federal law enforcement agencies
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged outside information technology and forensic experts to investigate
Reported incident to federal law enforcement agencies
Working with the IRS and NYSDTF to safeguard tax information
Providing affected individuals with access to Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through CyberScout
Changes made: Conducting a full review of security practices and systems
Recommending enhancements to security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/teal-becker-20180323.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 23, 2018
Raw hash: f4b3561bc901befd1330d15e7722df1af760b1dfa29efea85a79233d5494aa4e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTeal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, P.C.

Victim entityTeal, Becker & Chiaramonte, CPAs, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2018

Stated responseEngaged outside information technology and forensic experts to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov