HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumActive

Massood & Company, PA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2017

Filed

Jul 20, 2017

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Massood & Company, PA →2 incidents on file

Massood & Company, PA, an accounting firm, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident affecting approximately two New Hampshire residents. Unauthorized actors accessed the firm's network between February 17, 2017, and March 28, 2017. The investigation determined that personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, wage/income data, and dates of birth, was compromised. Massood engaged forensic investigators, reported the incident to the FBI and IRS, and provided one year of credit monitoring services to affected clients.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 114 days

Feb 17, 2017

Begins

Mar 28, 2017

Discovered

Jul 20, 2017

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: Massood & Company, PA
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Name: Massood & Company, PA
norm: massood
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2017 – Mar 28, 2017
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the IRS, state tax agencies, and the FBINotifying other relevant state Attorneys General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged third party forensic investigators
Provided potentially affected individuals access to one year of credit and identity monitoring services
Reported this incident to the IRS, state tax agencies, and the FBI
Notifying other relevant state Attorneys General
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(114 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/massood-20170720.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2017
Raw hash: fac01ee042c7ae0816362347da99eade871f5a0e18db20f7dfd68144cb4dbc44

Reporting entityMassood & Company, PA

Victim entityMassood & Company, PA

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2017

Stated responseEngaged third party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov