HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Waller & Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

Jun 29, 2018

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Waller & Associates, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Waller & Associates, Inc. notified the NH AG of unauthorized network access occurring between April 2016 and Feb 2018. Discovered in Feb 2018 via rejected IRS filings. Affected 6 NH residents with PII (SSN, DOB, name, address) and financial account data. Remediation included forensic investigation, IRS cooperation, and 12 months credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 643 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

Apr 29, 2016

Begins

Feb 1, 2018

Discovered

Jun 29, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_82c1c3605668613b2018-06-29Candidate

Name: Waller & Associates, Inc.
norm: waller associates

Name: Waller & Associates, Inc.
norm: waller associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 29, 2016 – Feb 21, 2018
Undetected for: 643 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 29, 2018
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted the IRSreported this incident to, and has been cooperating with, the IRSnotifying other state regulators as required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of a third-party computer forensic investigation firm
Contacted the IRS
Began mailing written notice of this incident to the affected taxpayer clients
Providing potentially affected individuals access to 12 months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services through AllClear ID
Reported this incident to, and has been cooperating with, the IRS
Notifying other state regulators as required
Changes made: Reviewing existing security measures and working to implement additional safeguards for personal information stored within its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(148 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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Montana State AGJun 29 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 29 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/waller-20180629.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 29, 2018
Raw hash: dd8fb26226ff4a9238399e753df2291902070bb98a96ccd578d88f31218462cd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWaller & Associates, Inc.

Victim entityWaller & Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of a third-party computer forensic investigation firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov