HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Pantana Accounting and Tax

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 24, 2024

Filed

May 8, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Pantana Accounting and Tax →

Pantana Accounting and Tax disclosed a cybersecurity incident where an unknown party accessed the network between Feb 23-24, 2024. The breach exposed names and Social Security numbers. The company notified law enforcement and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. Discovery was delayed by several weeks.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Feb 23, 2024

Begins

Feb 24, 2024

Discovered

May 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_27767c6dc17cd7862024-05-08Verified
Maine State AGbd_b546e8a441ac8f982024-05-09 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_36cb7b72a589fe852024-05-10 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_897380371e0083182024-05-13 · +5dVerified

Name: Pantana Accounting and Tax
norm: pantana accounting and tax

Name: Pantana Accounting and Tax
norm: pantana accounting and tax
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 24, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 23, 2024 – Feb 24, 2024
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
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 law enforcement

During the incident: Conducted an investigation
Reviewed our policies and procedures related to data protection
Notified law enforcement
Providing you access to credit monitoring and identity protection services at no cost to you
Changes made: Reviewed our policies and procedures related to data protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 8 · first

Vermont State AGMay 8 · first · this page

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 8 (IN), last May 13 (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/2024-05-08-pantana-accounting-and-tax-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 8, 2024
Raw hash: a8590062c2fceddd6fa6fd9a96449e8a1263970688b510f843e5c41056a002c0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPantana Accounting and Tax

Victim entityPantana Accounting and Tax

Incidentdiscovered Feb 24, 2024

Stated responseConducted an investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov