HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Acceler8 Driver Education

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2020

Filed

Jun 22, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Acceler8 Driver Education →

Acceler8, LLC, a CPA firm, reported unauthorized access to a single employee email account on April 1, 2020. The incident affected one New Hampshire resident, whose name and SSN were found in the account. Acceler8 engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Apr 1, 2020

Discovered

Jun 22, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: CLARK HILL PLC
norm: clark hill

Name: Acceler8 Driver Education
norm: acceler8 driver education
Domain: acceler8driving.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 22, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-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
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired an independent third-party computer forensics expert to investigate the incident
Conducted a thorough review of the account for any personal information
Contacted all individuals whose information was present in the account
Offered twelve (12) months of credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Changed the password
Enabled additional security controls to protect our email environment
Changes made: Working with its IT provider to determine other ways they can further enhance their cybersecurity protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/acceler8-20200622.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2020
Raw hash: 497a1eb0bceb06a2f1710b0bb3b841980fc297590de5c54b6e3524c2846dc34f

Reporting entityCLARK HILL PLC

Victim entityAcceler8 Driver Education

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2020

Stated responseHired an independent third-party computer forensics expert to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov