Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Bender & Company, CPAs, P.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 3, 2024

Filed

Feb 7, 2025

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Bender & Company, CPAs, P.C. →

Bender & Company, CPAs, P.C. notified individuals of a cybersecurity incident where an employee email account was accessed unauthorizedly between June 21 and July 3, 2024. The breach was discovered on July 3, 2024. Affected data included names and other elements. The firm engaged forensic specialists and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 12 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 219 days

Jun 21, 2024

Begins

Jul 3, 2024

Discovered

Feb 7, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maryland State AGbd_38ac5b26f7cb93df2025-02-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d5a0cc891b6bd5d42025-02-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d6f31a1caf04c4042025-02-10 · +3dVerified

Name: Bender & Company, CPAs, P.C.
norm: bender company cpas

Name: Bender & Company, CPAs, P.C.
norm: bender company cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 3, 2024
Breach occurred: Jun 21, 2024 – Jul 3, 2024
Undetected for: 12 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took swift action to secure our email system and network
Began working with third-party computer specialists to investigate the full nature and scope of the incident
Engaged third-party forensic specialists to investigate this matter
Arranged for you to activate, at no cost to you, online credit monitoring services for <<CM Duration>> months provided by Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(219 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Maryland State AGFeb 7 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AGFeb 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/2025/03/Consumer-notification-letter-186.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2025
Raw hash: aa11aa345f0db0bab562dd9f9d640634f34adf918ef00be968814f5f5b66ec99

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBender & Company, CPAs, P.C.

Victim entityBender & Company, CPAs, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 3, 2024

Stated responseTook swift action to secure our email system and network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov