HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cindy Nelson & Associates, PLLC

bd_8d1fbe0729cbe511 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 26, 2018

Filed

Feb 26, 2018

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Cindy Nelson & Associates, PLLC notified individuals of a data security incident where unauthorized access to email accounts may have occurred. The accounts contained W-2 forms and tax return information including names and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged forensic investigators and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jan 26, 2018

Discovered

Feb 26, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Cindy Nelson & Associates, PLLC
norm: cindy nelson & associates

Name: Cindy Nelson & Associates, PLLC
norm: cindy nelson & associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 26, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 26, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began an investigation
Took steps to end any unauthorized access to the email accounts
Hired a digital forensics firm to further investigate the incident
Offered credit and identity monitoring services through ID Experts for 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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/Nelson-CPA.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 26, 2018
Raw hash: 54d674e767d7d931c33c4a956a08cdf3292336a523c78bf2bf7f25a5270c62eb

Reporting entityCindy Nelson & Associates, PLLC

Victim entityCindy Nelson & Associates, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2018

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov