HackingProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Biggs Cardosa Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Biggs Cardosa Associates →

Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc. notified the California Attorney General of a data breach discovered on March 20, 2024. An unauthorized third party potentially acquired personal information, including names, social security numbers, financial account information, and dates of birth. The company engaged forensic specialists, disabled relevant accounts, and is providing 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 20, 2024 → Notified Apr 23, 202434d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Mar 20, 2024

Begins

Mar 20, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_f8f9fba6d75f6fdc2024-04-15 · +7dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_d1a8f22b64d109022024-04-23Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_f0579dffee1158b32024-04-23Verified

Name: Biggs Cardosa Associates
norm: biggs cardosa associates
Domain: biggscardosa.com

Name: Biggs Cardosa Associates
norm: biggs cardosa associates
Domain: biggscardosa.com

Discovered: Mar 20, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 20, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 23, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further
Disabled all relevant accounts
Worked with third-party specialists to confirm the security of our environment
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 34d
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: Mar 20, 2024
→ Notified: Apr 23, 2024
34d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 20, 2024 → Notified: Apr 23, 2024	34d	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

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Massachusetts State AGApr 23 · first

Montana State AGApr 23 · first

California State AGApr 23 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-584307
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2024
Raw hash: a832f80f57db9f65ff3b7af9ce6a0eaa00ea678a81ce9c343987d1354fa4a586

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBiggs Cardosa Associates

Victim entityBiggs Cardosa Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2024

Stated responseEngaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov