HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 3, 2017

Filed

Jun 15, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

65%

Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP notified individuals of unauthorized access to its tax program system between May 1-3, 2017. The breach potentially exposed names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account information. The firm engaged forensic investigators, disabled remote access, and offered one year of credit monitoring. No evidence of data access was found, but notification was sent out of caution.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

May 1, 2017

Begins

May 3, 2017

Discovered

Jun 15, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

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

Name: Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP
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Name: Sadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP
norm: sadd velazquez higashi shammaa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 3, 2017
Breach occurred: May 1, 2017 – May 3, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSNotified the California Franchise Tax BoardNotified local law enforcementNotified the FBINotified all applicable state agencies
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted our local IT firm who disabled remote access
Notified the IRS and Franchise Tax Board of our findings
Notified the local law enforcement
Hired a specialized forensic IT firm for additional investigation
Notified the FBI
Notified all three credit bureaus
Notifying all applicable state agencies
Arranged for Equifax to provide its Credit Watch Gold identity theft protection product for one year at no charge
Changes made: Reviewing office policies and procedures to ensure all security measures are taken to avoid such an incident from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 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/SVHS.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 15, 2017
Raw hash: d718dbbb279df17f783deb38702d1e970f16e4ac22801048fa680f183505fbe3

Reporting entitySadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP

Victim entitySadd Velazquez Higashi Shammaa, LLP

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2017

Stated responseContacted our local IT firm who disabled remote access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov