HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)MediumContained

Lafler Moore Connerty & Webb, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 11, 2016

Filed

May 3, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Lafler Moore Connerty & Webb, LLP experienced a data breach where an unauthorized individual accessed tax processing software starting on or about January 27, 2016. The intrusion was detected on March 11, 2016, when unusual cursor behavior was observed on an employee's work computer. Affected data includes names, social security numbers, employment information, and direct deposit bank account details. The firm engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement (FBI, Secret Service), and offered 12 months of identity protection services via AllClear ID.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 11, 2016 → Notified May 5, 201655d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 44 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Jan 27, 2016

Begins

Mar 11, 2016

Discovered

May 3, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Name: Lafler Moore Connerty & Webb, LLP
norm: lafler moore connerty webb
Domain: mmwcpa.net

Name: Lafler Moore Connerty & Webb, LLP
norm: lafler moore connerty webb
Domain: mmwcpa.net
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 11, 2016
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2016
Undetected for: 44 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 5, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountEmploymentHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the Secret Service

During the incident: The computer was immediately taken off-line
Changed potentially impacted passwords
Hired a forensic data analysis company to investigate
Notified the FBI and the Secret Service
Notified all three consumer reporting agencies
Made internal system management changes
Assisting law enforcement in the identification of the intruder
Changes made: Made internal system management changes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 55d
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: Mar 11, 2016
→ Notified: May 5, 2016
55d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 11, 2016 → Notified: May 5, 2016	55d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-61621
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 3, 2016
Raw hash: 994f43c6cf8a9153766c5afbb71a225927ab4f3a2d1a90d1b1cdf2a3c39c0eed

Reporting entityLafler Moore Connerty & Webb, LLP

Victim entityLafler Moore Connerty & Webb, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Mar 11, 2016

Stated responseThe computer was immediately taken off-line

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov