HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 26, 2017

Filed

Jun 27, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC →3 incidents on file

Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, CPAs, PC notified the NH Attorney General that an external actor gained access to electronic tax files containing names, addresses, and SSNs of 3 NH residents. Discovered May 26, 2017. Notifications sent June 23, 2017. Firm retained forensic investigators and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

May 26, 2017

Discovered

Jun 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

14 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_f03984e2d69955282017-06-29 · +2dVerified

Name: Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC
norm: karp ackerman small hogan cpas
Domain: kashpc.com
Industry: Professional Services

Name: Karp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC
norm: karp ackerman small hogan cpas
Domain: kashpc.com
Industry: Professional Services
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 26, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 23, 2017
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Retained a leading incident response and digital forensics firm to assist in KASH's investigation
Notified its clients as soon as possible after the investigation was completed
Determined the identities of the potentially affected clients
Changes made: Evaluating ways to best strengthen and enhance its network security systems
Offering one (1) year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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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New Hampshire State AGJun 27 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/karp-ackerman-skabowski-hogan-20170627.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 27, 2017
Raw hash: acd5e8c54fe7112c793223d93be6e4cebbb66742038bc80ef115d8ef912d8c1a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKarp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC

Victim entityKarp, Ackerman, Small & Hogan, CPAs, PC

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov