MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Green, Polack, & Company

bd_c1bf00807576bd75 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 30, 2021

Filed

Dec 8, 2021

To disclose

32 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Green, Polack, & Company →

Green, Polack & Company notified clients that malware was downloaded to a computer containing personal information for tax return filing around the end of April 2021. The incident potentially exposed names, account numbers, contact information, and Social Security numbers. The company removed the malware, engaged security experts, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft insurance.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 29 days

discovery → filing · 32 weeks / 222 days

Apr 1, 2021

Begins

Apr 30, 2021

Discovered

Dec 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_c5644729519ad9232021-11-26 · +12dCandidate

Name: Green, Polack, & Company
norm: green polack

Name: Green, Polack, & Company
norm: green polack
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2021 – Apr 30, 2021
Undetected for: 29 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Immediately took steps to remediate the situation and remove the malware
Engaged appropriate experts to assist in conducting a full review of my security practices and systems
Providing one year of complimentary credit and fraud monitoring services, as well as identity theft insurance at no cost
Changes made: Made immediate enhancements to my systems, security and practices
Engaged appropriate experts to assist in conducting a full review of my security practices and systems to ensure that appropriate security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 32 weeks(222 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGNov 26 · first

California State AG+12d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 26 (MT), last Dec 8 (CA) — a 12-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-548351
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 8, 2021
Raw hash: 966962ef437182e5a27eba7c4fcb5b912d359a872c9fa28d713d69ee5cc9f77d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGreen, Polack, & Company

Victim entityGreen, Polack, & Company

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2021

Stated responseImmediately took steps to remediate the situation and remove the malware

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov