HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Franty & Company, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2020

Filed

May 19, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Franty & Company, P.C. →2 incidents on file

Franty & Company, P.C., a CPA firm, notified the NH AG that an unauthorized actor may have accessed client tax return files starting Feb 13, 2020. 2 NH residents affected. Data at risk included names, SSNs, and bank info. Franty engaged forensic investigators, disabled remote access, implemented 2FA, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 96 days

Feb 13, 2020

Discovered

May 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_a55a81e0ceb2f2512020-05-19Verified

Name: Franty & Company, P.C.
norm: franty
Domain: franty.com
Industry: Professional Services

Name: Franty & Company, P.C.
norm: franty
Domain: franty.com
Industry: Professional Services
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged an independent computer forensic firm
Conducted a comprehensive review of its systems
Changed all passwords
Requiring more complex passwords on its systems
Disabled remote access
Implemented two-factor authentication
Sent notification letters to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Changed all passwords
Required more complex passwords on its systems
Disabled remote access
Implemented two-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(96 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGMay 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 19 · first · this page

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/franty-20200519.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2020
Raw hash: a4285b90babafb1c3e82d16bf3dba8905dc232f891715603ff4f18192c474dd9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFranty & Company, P.C.

Victim entityFranty & Company, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2020

Stated responseEngaged an independent computer forensic firm

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov