HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

Shelton & Company, CPAs, P.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 15, 2024

Filed

Dec 9, 2024

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Shelton & Company, CPAs, P.C. →

Shelton & Company, CPAs, P.C. notified consumers of a data security incident discovered on August 15, 2024, involving unauthorized access to an employee's email mailbox. The breach potentially exposed client names and other personal information. The firm engaged forensic reviewers, implemented additional security features, and offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday17 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

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

Aug 15, 2024

Discovered

Dec 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_c50d0393d3bfc2952024-12-09Candidate
Maine State AGbd_b2b731d9f453b7872024-12-10 · +1dVerified

Name: Shelton & Company, CPAs, P.C.
norm: shelton company cpas

Name: Shelton & Company, CPAs, P.C.
norm: shelton company cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 15, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 9, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged an independent team to conduct a comprehensive review of all potentially affected data
Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(116 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGDec 9 · first

Vermont State AGDec 9 · first · this page

Maine 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-12-09-shelton-company-cpas-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2024
Raw hash: 427df14ccdec1abe4ad40be6aac10ddc96304548b40d5bafec5c31bf774dff90

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShelton & Company, CPAs, P.C.

Victim entityShelton & Company, CPAs, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 15, 2024

Stated responseEngaged an independent team to conduct a comprehensive review of all potentially affected data

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov