HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 24, 2025

Filed

Oct 6, 2025

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs →

Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs notified Montana residents of a data security incident. An unknown actor gained unauthorized access to the network between Feb 11-19, 2025. The firm detected the incident on Feb 24, 2025, and completed its investigation on Sept 3, 2025. Personal information, including names, was potentially involved. The FBI was notified, and credit monitoring services were offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 224 days

Feb 11, 2025

Begins

Feb 24, 2025

Discovered

Oct 6, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_122ac99eaae35b8b2025-10-06Verified
Vermont State AGbd_828b400e03bb1da02025-10-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_bba04de0c1a7a2702025-10-06Verified

Name: Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs
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Name: Wear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs
norm: wear howell strickland quinn and law cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2025 – Feb 19, 2025
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 6, 2025
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts
Worked with additional experts to conduct a comprehensive review of the impacted data
Took steps to secure our IT environment
Implementing enhanced security measures
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(224 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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Nebraska State AGOct 6 · first

Vermont State AGOct 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 6 · first

Montana State AGOct 6 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Consumer-notification-letter-11.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 6, 2025
Raw hash: 843da3a148bf9090f234a8c5987b2b2dc9ba23c86132d1840d70f1ebe0bfd56f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

Victim entityWear, Howell, Strickland, Quinn and Law, CPAs

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the support of external cybersecurity experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov