AccidentalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmploymentMediumContained

Meepos & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 19, 2017

Filed

Jun 30, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Meepos & Company →2 incidents on file

Meepos & Company experienced a data breach due to a misconfiguration of two-factor authentication, allowing unauthorized access to client tax data from Feb 24 to May 19, 2017. Affected data includes names, addresses, SSNs, and bank account info. The firm engaged forensic investigators, contained the system, reset passwords, and notified the IRS and FBI. 24 months of credit monitoring were offered.

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California clockDiscovered May 19, 2017 → Notified Jul 3, 201745d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 84 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 24, 2017

Begins

May 19, 2017

Discovered

Jun 30, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Name: Meepos & Company
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Name: Meepos & Company
norm: meepos
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 19, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 24, 2017 – May 19, 2017
Undetected for: 84 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 3, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the IRSReported to state tax agenciesReported to the FBINotifying certain state Attorneys General

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third party forensic investigators
Identified the access point
Quarantined the affected system
Completed enterprise wide password changes
Contacted the IRS to alert them of the situation
Reported this incident to state tax agencies
Reported this incident to the FBI
Notifying certain state Attorneys General as required by law
Working with third party IT professionals to ensure measures are in place to protect the security of information
Changes made: Working with data security professionals to review existing security measures
Implementing additional safeguards
Verification that two-factor password authentication is properly functioning
Offering 24 months of identity restoration and credit monitoring services through AllClear ID
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 45d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 19, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 3, 2017
45d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 19, 2017 → Notified: Jul 3, 2017	45d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-100020
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2017
Raw hash: aa7324b8df6bdb2b7cec9fa33a960b91f97bd72e6ef90fde72e8e9a7051d0c17

Reporting entityMeepos & Company

Victim entityMeepos & Company

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third party forensic investigators

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov