HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Wubbels and Duffy, CPAs, RLLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 13, 2023

Filed

Jun 27, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Wubbels and Duffy, CPAs, RLLP →

Wubbels & Duffy, CPA, RLLP experienced unauthorized access to its document management platform, GoFileRoom, on March 25, 2023. The firm discovered the incident on April 13, 2023, and confirmed on June 1, 2023, that personal information including names and potentially Social Security numbers was acquired. The firm engaged cybersecurity experts, secured the platform, notified the IRS, and offered credit monitoring to affected clients.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 13, 2023 → Notified Apr 22, 20239d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 19 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Mar 25, 2023

Begins

Apr 13, 2023

Discovered

Jun 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_20f45807e2d2bc6a2023-06-27Verified

Name: Wubbels and Duffy, CPAs, RLLP
norm: wubbels and duffy cpas rllp
Domain: askmycpa.com

Name: Wubbels and Duffy, CPAs, RLLP
norm: wubbels and duffy cpas rllp
Domain: askmycpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 25, 2023
Undetected for: 19 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 22, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure the platform
Preliminarily notify potentially impacted individuals
Launched an internal investigation
Engaged leading, independent cybersecurity experts to investigate the incident
Reported the incident to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Provided preliminary notice of the incident to potentially impacted individuals on April 22, 2023
Sending all clients with information impacted a completed IRS Form 14039, which is an Identity Theft Affidavit
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through TransUnion
Changes made: Taken steps to further bolster the security of its network and the information in its possession
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 9d
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: Apr 13, 2023
→ Notified: Apr 22, 2023
9d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 13, 2023 → Notified: Apr 22, 2023	9d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJun 27 · first

California State AGJun 27 · 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/sb24-568571
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2023
Raw hash: cd9d1ecccc13f3d173bce961f439a85211cee9d4235e62b1c7d5c699b002ea41

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWubbels and Duffy, CPAs, RLLP

Victim entityWubbels and Duffy, CPAs, RLLP

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure the platform

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov