Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Allied CPAs

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 22, 2024

Filed

Oct 4, 2024

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Allied CPAs →

Allied CPAs, P.C. notified consumers of a security incident discovered on June 22, 2024, where an unauthorized actor accessed an employee's email and tax software via phishing. Impacted data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account information. The company engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, enhanced security protocols, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday15 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 · 15 weeks / 104 days

Jun 22, 2024

Discovered

Oct 4, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_16742062591dea592024-10-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_351fa148c3762d2b2024-10-04Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_678749b6c56b203c2024-10-04Verified
Indiana State AGbd_707ed76a63e8fa292024-10-04Verified

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Maine State AGbd_b8c1862f70c67b4c2024-10-04Candidate

Name: Allied CPAs
norm: allied cpas

Name: Allied CPAs
norm: allied cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 22, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive review of the contents of the data determined to be at risk
Notified law enforcement
Enhanced its existing security protocols
Providing you with access to complimentary credit monitoring services at no charge
Changes made: Enhanced its existing security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(104 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGOct 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 4 · first

Massachusetts State AGOct 4 · first

Indiana State AGOct 4 · first

Maine State AGOct 4 · first

Vermont State AGOct 4 · first · this page

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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/2024-10-04-allied-cpas-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 4, 2024
Raw hash: 59b527858da16e1c713bd96289b863066d7cf17674a7532cf043111ee63dc177

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAllied CPAs

Victim entityAllied CPAs

Incidentdiscovered Jun 22, 2024

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov