PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Katherman Kitts & Co. LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2016

Filed

Apr 5, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Katherman Kitts & Co. LLP →

Katherman Kitts & Co. LLP reported the theft of hard drives containing backup files from a partner's vehicle on February 25, 2016. The drives may have contained client names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and tax return information. The firm notified law enforcement, engaged a private investigator, and offered 12 months of identity protection services to affected clients.

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California clockDiscovered Feb 25, 2016 → Notified Apr 5, 201640d ✓ CA 60-day OK6 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Feb 25, 2016

Begins

Feb 25, 2016

Discovered

Apr 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ab7f91bdc84950ba2016-04-06 · +1dVerified

Name: Katherman Kitts & Co. LLP
norm: katherman kitts

Name: Katherman Kitts & Co. LLP
norm: katherman kitts
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 25, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 25, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 5, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified the Long Beach Police Department
Consulted a technology expert
Hired a private investigator
Arranged for AllClear ID to protect your identity for 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Reviewed all of our security protocols to make sure they are clear, unambiguous and understood by everyone in our office
Re-enforcing education and training for our employees regarding the importance of handling information securely
Implementing additional technical safeguards to protect information in our care
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 40d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Feb 25, 2016
→ Notified: Apr 5, 2016
40d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Feb 25, 2016 → Notified: Apr 5, 2016	40d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGApr 5 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/sb24-60867
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 5, 2016
Raw hash: 5e5ace81c79bfc4239cf4997a9187aa75014f1cb194765e995a8d45b3cbbe52d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKatherman Kitts & Co. LLP

Victim entityKatherman Kitts & Co. LLP

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2016

Stated responseNotified the Long Beach Police Department

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov