Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Covati & Janhsen CPAs PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 24, 2020

Filed

Oct 20, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Covati & Janhsen CPAs PC →

Covati & Janhsen, CPAs, PC reported a data security incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General on October 19, 2020. The firm discovered suspicious activity in a corporate email account, leading to unauthorized access by an external actor. The breach potentially exposed names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and financial account information for 2 New Hampshire residents. The firm engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, disabled web access, and implemented multi-factor authentication. Affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 88 days

Jul 24, 2020

Discovered

Oct 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Name: Covati & Janhsen CPAs PC
norm: covati janhsen cpas
Domain: covatiandjanhsen.com

Name: Covati & Janhsen CPAs PC
norm: covati janhsen cpas
Domain: covatiandjanhsen.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 24, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Hired independent computer forensic investigators to assist
Changed the password associated with the impacted email account
Disabled online web access
Implemented multi-factor authentication for remote access to email accounts
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for remote access to email accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(88 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cj-cpa-20201020.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2020
Raw hash: e0cc468d47556ad0dbf092dcc5cf5b22afaaedd346b892058eab8c984da228db

Reporting entityCovati & Janhsen CPAs PC

Victim entityCovati & Janhsen CPAs PC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 24, 2020

Stated responseHired independent computer forensic investigators to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov