HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Ken Waterman, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 30, 2016

Filed

May 3, 2016

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

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Ken Waterman, CPA, PC notified Montana residents of a security incident discovered on March 30, 2016, where an unauthorized individual may have accessed files containing names, SSNs, and bank account info. The firm engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Mar 30, 2016

Discovered

May 3, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

14 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

California State AGbd_9a8de5b896845fd82016-05-03Verified

Name: Ken Waterman, CPA
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Name: Ken Waterman, CPA
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Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 30, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 16, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Informed law enforcement about this incident and is cooperating with their investigation

During the incident: Engaged independent, third-party forensic computer experts to assist
Engaged Kroll to provide identity monitoring services at no cost to you for one year
Strengthening firewalls
Adding additional monitoring capabilities
Reviewing policies and procedures
Informed law enforcement about this incident and is cooperating with their investigation
Changes made: Strengthening firewalls
Adding additional monitoring capabilities
Reviewing policies and procedures to ensure information in our control is appropriately protected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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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California State AGMay 3 · first

Montana State AGMay 3 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Ken-Waterman-CPA.pdf
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: 61201e289da1525bd2145e68686089e621683424c284629c38cc5cfbe5339ddd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKen Waterman, CPA

Victim entityKen Waterman, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2016

Stated responseEngaged independent, third-party forensic computer experts to assist

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov