MalwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

May 26, 2022

To disclose

18 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

29 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →6 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, an accounting firm, notified individuals of a ransomware attack on third-party vendor Netgain. The incident occurred between Nov 8 and Dec 3, 2020, involving file encryption, ransom payment, and data exfiltration. Personal information (names) of affected individuals was stored on the compromised server. Remediation included ransom payment, system shutdown, and offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 18 months / 539 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

May 26, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 29 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27 · +1dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27 · +1dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_bf5fbe9cd13d56d02022-05-27 · +1dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_d8abad6eabb79ff82022-05-27 · +1dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_74b4a2c65ecffaf02022-06-03 · +8dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_32f04329d39de2072022-08-12 · +78dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +78dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +81dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +130dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +134dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 28 linked disclosures.

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 25, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Perkins reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities

During the incident: Netgain shut down their systems
Netgain worked with outside cybersecurity specialists
Netgain paid a ransom
Perkins reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Offering you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX
Changes made: Netgain has taken steps to further safeguard against future threats, including implementing additional advanced threat protection tools
Resetting passwords
Reviewing and restricting access rights
Hardening network security rules and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(539 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Delaware State AGMay 26 · first · this page

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+8d

California State AG+78d

Maine State AG+78d

New Hampshire State AG+81d

Maine State AG+130d

New Hampshire State AG+134d

Pattern: first filing May 26 (DE), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 134-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 28 — the full spread may be wider.

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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2022/06/Pages-from-Perkins-Initial-Notice-of-Data-Event-DE.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2022
Raw hash: 1b2402bef8778daec8c3226b18acecbccf018851f52e8b69ef8ab01c52aca42e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseNetgain shut down their systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov