HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Trident CPA Services, LLC

bd_bc6104995a879b69 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 20, 2023

Filed

Nov 6, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Trident CPA Services, LLC →

Trident CPA Services, LLC notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized person accessed an employee's email and document storage between July 20 and August 9, 2023. The incident involved the misuse of valid credentials. The company offered one year of credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 109 days

Jul 20, 2023

Begins

Jul 20, 2023

Discovered

Nov 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2fbf0eafdbe166802023-11-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6d8a60fa613686e22023-11-06Verified

Name: Trident CPA Services, LLC
norm: trident cpa

Name: Trident CPA Services, LLC
norm: trident cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 20, 2023 – Aug 9, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 6, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Arranged for credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Took steps to secure the account
Began an investigation
Searched contents of emails, attachments, and files to determine if any contained personal information
Changes made: Enhance the security of our computer systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(109 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGNov 6 · first

Montana State AGNov 6 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-823.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 6, 2023
Raw hash: b4092644e1877659266f8676d5f777dbf9e5ac72ff3fbbe2a5cb0475e8b86e90

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTrident CPA Services, LLC

Victim entityTrident CPA Services, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 20, 2023

Stated responseArranged for credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov