HackingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumContained
Edgar & Associates LLP
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Full breach record for Edgar & Associates LLP →Edgar & Associates LLP, a tax preparation firm, experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) from a foreign IP address. The incident occurred between April 1, 2016, and November 3, 2016. The breach exposed client PII, including SSNs, dates of birth, and financial account information. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement (FBI, IRS, FTB), and provided 12 months of credit monitoring and identity repair to affected individuals.
California clockDiscovered Mar 13, 2017 → Notified Apr 6, 201724d ✓ CA 60-day OK24 days discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-67343
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
- Filed at
- Apr 6, 2017
- Raw hash
- d264716cd182c91c85a893402a1317495e331a7e2d8e21b8c09610fab453c7d0
Reporting entity
- Name
- Edgar & Associates LLPnorm: edgar associates
Victim entity
- Name
- Edgar & Associates LLPnorm: edgar associates
Incident
- Discovered
- Mar 13, 2017
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- Apr 6, 2017
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified the FBINotified the IRSNotified the FTBNotified all applicable state agencies
- Initial access
- external_remote_services
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- CA 60-day OK · 24d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status California Discovered: Mar 13, 2017→ Notified: Apr 6, 201724d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.