Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingBECStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainFinancial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDPCIMediumContained

Karr & Boucher, PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2025

Filed

Jan 7, 2026

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected · nationwide

486 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Karr & Boucher, PLLC →

Karr & Boucher, P.L.L.C., a tax preparation service provider, experienced a business email compromise (BEC) discovered on August 12, 2025. An unauthorized actor accessed a compromised email account, potentially exposing personal information for 48 individuals, including 6 Massachusetts residents. Affected data may include full names, Social Security numbers, financial account information, and credit card details. The company secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Massachusetts clock✗ MA AG >90d21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

Aug 12, 2025

Discovered

Jan 7, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_9d8eed3c61a23b5c2026-01-07Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_f593a2f94389b8332026-01-07Verified

Name: Karr & Boucher, P.L.L.C.
norm: karr boucher
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Karr & Boucher, PLLC
norm: karr boucher
Domain: karrboucher.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 12, 2025
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 7, 2026
Affected individuals: 48state + nationwide
Data types: Financial accountFinancial credentialsIdentity (basic)Government IDPCI
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Conducted a thorough review of the emails and files that were accessed
Notified the potentially affected individuals
Enhanced technical security measures and procedures
Informed our law firm
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Kroll
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Enhanced technical security measures and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: MA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Maine State AGJan 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGJan 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 7 · first · 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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-23-karr-boucher-pllc/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 7, 2026
Raw hash: a2f347f33bcaab9fab1fc2a1f778db5e0f95f5cef3bd02991183d6f57bfe3c44

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKarr & Boucher, P.L.L.C.

Victim entityKarr & Boucher, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 12, 2025

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceMA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov