HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2024

Filed

Aug 30, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee PLLC →

Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee, PLLC notified Montana residents of a security incident where an unknown actor had intermittent access to systems between Jan 5 and Mar 1, 2024. Personal info including SSN, driver's license, and financial account data was accessed. The firm engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 182 days

Jan 5, 2024

Begins

Mar 1, 2024

Discovered

Aug 30, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_9a3537584cacda2f2024-11-15 · +77dVerified

Name: Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee PLLC
norm: witherspoon brajcich mcphee

Name: Witherspoon Brajcich McPhee PLLC
norm: witherspoon brajcich mcphee
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 5, 2024 – Mar 1, 2024
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Initiated a comprehensive investigation with assistance from external computer forensic specialists
Undertook an extensive review of the data at risk
Notified federal law enforcement
Offering you access to 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Epiq
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing policies and procedures as appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(182 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 AGAug 30 · first · this page

Washington State AG+77d

Pattern: first filing Aug 30 (MT), last Nov 15 (WA) — a 77-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1647.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 30, 2024
Raw hash: f0858222dcf86272791cc017c3f436b953fdece6299dfb422a1d8d23104b34e2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWitherspoon Brajcich McPhee PLLC

Victim entityWitherspoon Brajcich McPhee PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2024

Stated responseInitiated a comprehensive investigation with assistance from external computer forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov