PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Imhoff and Associates, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 27, 2014

Filed

Aug 26, 2014

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Imhoff and Associates, PC →

Imhoff and Associates, PC reported the theft of a backup hard drive from an employee's vehicle on June 27, 2014. The drive may have contained names, birthdays, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and contact information. The firm notified police, engaged forensic experts, and offered 12 months of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 27, 2014 → Notified Aug 26, 201460d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 27, 2014

Begins

Jun 27, 2014

Discovered

Aug 26, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_c49501c7d2bdca212014-08-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5c95c7b68a8723002014-08-28 · +2dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ad4122aaa95c3acb2014-09-29 · +34dVerified

Name: Imhoff and Associates, PC
norm: imhoff and associates

Name: Imhoff and Associates, PC
norm: imhoff and associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 27, 2014
Breach occurred: Jun 27, 2014 – Jun 27, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 26, 2014
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified the Santa Monica Police Department
Began an internal investigation to determine what information was contained on the hard drive
Worked with outside computer forensic experts
Arranged to have AllClear ID help protect identity for 12 months at no cost
Changes made: Strengthening internal processes with respect to encryption
Enhancing policies, procedures and staff education regarding the safeguarding of company property and information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 60d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 27, 2014
→ Notified: Aug 26, 2014
60d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 27, 2014 → Notified: Aug 26, 2014	60d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 26 · first

California State AGAug 26 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+34d

Pattern: first filing Aug 26 (NH), last Sep 29 (NH) — a 34-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-46366
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2014
Raw hash: 0ed246dffd051389e1f0a78c294847f0d2cff659a210f97548cf5127547a5249

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityImhoff and Associates, PC

Victim entityImhoff and Associates, PC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 27, 2014

Stated responseNotified the Santa Monica Police Department

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov