UnknownProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedFinancialIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

Schiff & Associates, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 19, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Schiff & Associates CPA notified Massachusetts residents of a data privacy incident. The firm, which provides accounting, tax, and consulting services, stated it is unable to provide further detail about the nature of the event due to Massachusetts law requirements. Schiff commenced an investigation, confirmed system security, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals are offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Cyberscout. The incident status is contained.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Mar 19, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Name: Schiff & Associates, CPA
norm: schiff associates cpa
Domain: schiffcpa.com

Name: Schiff & Associates, CPA
norm: schiff associates cpa
Domain: schiffcpa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 19, 2026
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: FinancialIdentity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notified applicable regulatory authorities, as required by law

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this incident
Confirming the security of our systems
Reviewing the contents of relevant data for sensitive information
Notifying impacted individuals associated with that sensitive information
Reported the incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Will also notify applicable regulatory authorities, as required by law
Offering 24 months of complimentary access to credit monitoring services through Cyberscout
Changes made: Reviewing our policies, procedures, and processes related to the storage of and access to personal information to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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://www.mass.gov/doc/2026-427-schiff-and-associates-cpa/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 19, 2026
Raw hash: 78d4053872fe2f52edfb61724c5969276879bda189cbb5ecd0dcf2aa91b58c75

Reporting entitySchiff & Associates, CPA

Victim entitySchiff & Associates, CPA

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to confirm the nature and scope of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.mass.gov