PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

FRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 27, 2017

Filed

Aug 25, 2017

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for FRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA →

FRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA reported a physical burglary of its office in Gilroy, CA, occurring between July 27 and July 30, 2017. A burglar stole password-protected devices containing accounting software with personal information of employees of client companies. Affected data included full names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The firm engaged forensic IT specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring via Equifax.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jul 27, 2017

Begins

Jul 27, 2017

Discovered

Aug 25, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

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

Name: FRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA
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Name: FRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2017 – Jul 30, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Called the police
Hired forensic IT specialists
Arranged for Equifax Credit Watch Gold identity theft protection for one year at no charge
Changes made: Reviewing office policy and procedures regarding record maintenance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-101341
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2017
Raw hash: d895870c20bd9b1280c3f0f8e9fa91771d2b3c4d32925334c5bf5d26ba9b6bcf

Reporting entityFRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA

Victim entityFRANKLIN R. NOTO, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2017

Stated responseCalled the police

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov