HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsBECCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

CAPITAL ACCOUNTING & TAX, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 24, 2020

Filed

May 21, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1,277state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for CAPITAL ACCOUNTING & TAX, LLC →

Capital Accounting & Tax d/b/a Capital Tax Service notified Washington AG of a Feb 24, 2020 incident where unauthorized parties filed fraudulent tax returns using client PII. 1,277 WA residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and bank details. Forensic investigation inconclusive; company engaged investigators, hardened network, and offered 12 months ID protection.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 weeks 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

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Feb 24, 2020

Discovered

May 21, 2020

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_92c7d96f9035b55e2020-05-21Verified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: CAPITAL ACCOUNTING & TAX, LLC
norm: capital accounting tax
Also named: Capital Accounting & Taxdba oflegal entity
Capital Tax Servicedba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 21, 2020
Affected individuals: 1,277state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified IRSContinuing to collaborate with IRS fraud detection and prevention efforts
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a computer forensic investigator to review the company’s computer network and conduct an investigation
Reached out to the IRS to identify and protect individuals
Offered twelve (12) months of complimentary identity theft protection services to all affected persons through ID Experts
Changes made: Scanning all systems for malware
Closure of all unused ports
Resetting of all passwords
Updating of routers and firewalls
Enhanced the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 21 · first

Washington State AGMay 21 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10550.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2020
Raw hash: 784bff9aace0d572c1337a18b39d71e8358d0d2a709c0a03e7255dbbf4d4864e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityCAPITAL ACCOUNTING & TAX, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a computer forensic investigator to review the company’s computer network and conduct an investigation

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com