PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Aim Inc (Summit View Accounting)

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 8, 2024

Filed

Sep 13, 2024

To disclose

5 days

Affected

1,156state residents only

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Aim Inc (Summit View Accounting) →

Aim Inc (Summit View Accounting) reported a physical break-in at its Puyallup, WA office on September 8, 2024. Locked file cabinets containing client names and SSNs were accessed. 1,156 Washington residents were affected. The company notified law enforcement and the WA AG.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d5 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 5 days

Sep 7, 2024

Begins

Sep 8, 2024

Discovered

Sep 13, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,156 affectedView incident

Name: Aim Inc (Summit View Accounting)
norm: aim inc summit view accounting

Name: Aim Inc (Summit View Accounting)
norm: aim inc summit view accounting
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 8, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2024 – Sep 8, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 17, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,156state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed a formal report with the Pierce County Sheriff's DepartmentNotified the Washington State Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Contacted local authorities and filed a formal report with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department
Contacted local Stakeholder Liaison to the IRS
Contacted the local governing FBI field office
Notified the Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Changes made: Digitizing physical files into a secure, encrypted format
Strengthened physical office security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 days(5 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA30737.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 13, 2024
Raw hash: 0d8a50851ce859bd28b8aefe10093e08076dda7572ef8677f4ca27c54ab11cb1

Reporting entityAim Inc (Summit View Accounting)

Victim entityAim Inc (Summit View Accounting)

Incidentdiscovered Sep 8, 2024

Stated responseContacted local authorities and filed a formal report with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com