Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingBECEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

LAZ Karp Associates, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 17, 2016

Filed

Mar 21, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for LAZ Karp Associates, LLC →

Laz Karp Associates, LLC (doing business as LAZ Parking) experienced a business email compromise incident on February 17, 2016. An unknown individual impersonated an executive via email, tricking an employee into sending 2015 Form W-2s for employees. Affected data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and compensation data. The company notified affected employees on March 9, 2016, and offered 24 months of identity protection services.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 17, 2016 → Notified Mar 9, 201621d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Feb 17, 2016

Begins

Feb 17, 2016

Discovered

Mar 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1fdd87c7f9cf3c362016-03-22 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2edae37bec95d72c2016-03-17 · +4dVerified

Name: LAZ Karp Associates, LLC
norm: laz karp associates

Name: LAZ Karp Associates, LLC
norm: laz karp associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 17, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 9, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the matter to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Undertaking an internal investigation of the matter
Reported the matter to law enforcement
Offering all potentially affected employees twenty-four (24) months of complimentary identity repair and protection services, including credit monitoring
Established a Call Center to assist with questions
Changes made: Reviewing internal policies and data-management protocols
Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent this type of incident from recurring
Working to raise employee awareness on how to properly handle requests for sensitive information and how to recognize a potential phishing scheme
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 21d
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: Feb 17, 2016
→ Notified: Mar 9, 2016
21d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 17, 2016 → Notified: Mar 9, 2016	21d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGMar 17 · first

California State AG+4d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Mar 17 (NH), last Mar 22 (MA) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-60586
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2016
Raw hash: deeb3246fa6b56556a24267ff4f35d66d1446babbde2aad8d36ab346056a1baa

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLAZ Karp Associates, LLC

Victim entityLAZ Karp Associates, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 17, 2016

Stated responseUndertaking an internal investigation of the matter

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov