HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

ELO CPAs & Advisors

bd_c1e094ad19679269 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 24, 2023

Filed

Jan 18, 2024

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ELO CPAs & Advisors →

ELO CPAs & Advisors experienced a data security incident on March 24, 2023, where an unauthorized actor accessed and downloaded files from their network. On January 10, 2024, the firm determined that the downloaded files contained protected personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information. The firm notified the FBI and IRS, engaged external cybersecurity professionals, and is offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and fraud assistance to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday43 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 300 days

Mar 24, 2023

Begins

Mar 24, 2023

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_18c76991d1ca09122024-01-18Verified
Maine State AGbd_4c12bf478b56ad572024-01-18Candidate
Montana State AGbd_8fe0a58363be30142024-01-18Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_be57bbd5f9fa0ff12024-01-18Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_53b2e0bd012923742024-01-23 · +5dVerified

Name: ELO CPAs & Advisors
norm: elo cpas advisors

Name: ELO CPAs & Advisors
norm: elo cpas advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 24, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 24, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 18, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRS

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Worked closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Notified the FBI and the IRS of the incident
Conducted manual review of the impacted data
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout through Identity Force
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Reviewed existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Enhancing security measures and monitoring tools to mitigate risk
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(300 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Indiana State AGJan 18 · first

Maine State AGJan 18 · first

Montana State AGJan 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 18 · first

Vermont State AGJan 18 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 18 (IN), last Jan 23 (NH) — a 5-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-01-18-elo-cpas-advisors-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 18, 2024
Raw hash: 6cabc5d4e6e945273c3acdd32f13856904459aa5da05269e1ea535a8ac30db17

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityELO CPAs & Advisors

Victim entityELO CPAs & Advisors

Incidentdiscovered Mar 24, 2023

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov