MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

May 27, 2022

To disclose

18 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Perkins & Co. →9 incidents on file

Perkins & Co, an accounting firm, notified clients of a ransomware attack on its third-party vendor, Netgain. Between Nov 8 and Dec 3, 2020, attackers accessed servers, copied/stole files, and encrypted data. Netgain paid a ransom. Perkins reviewed affected data and is offering credit monitoring. No misuse of data has been observed.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 3, 2020 → Notified May 25, 2022538d ✗ CA 60-day late18 months discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 18 months / 540 days

Nov 8, 2020

Begins

Dec 3, 2020

Discovered

May 27, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+58 wks slower

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_bf5fbe9cd13d56d02022-05-27Verified

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com

Name: Perkins & Co.
norm: perkins
Domain: perkinsaccounting.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 3, 2020
Breach occurred: Nov 8, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 25, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Third party: via Netgain
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged outside cybersecurity specialists
Conducted a comprehensive and time-intensive review of the information stored on the impacted server
Reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
Offering access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional advanced threat protection tools
Resetting passwords
Reviewing and restricting access rights
Hardening network security rules and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 months(540 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 538d
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: Dec 3, 2020
→ Notified: May 25, 2022
538d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 3, 2020 → Notified: May 25, 2022	538d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 27 · first

California State AGMay 27 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-553857
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 27, 2022
Raw hash: f58a7a00a8bc1f2aaec943470a2c64f65bb6a7b724426a59fea891a26e98fb35

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside cybersecurity specialists

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov