MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

DOYLE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 21, 2018

Filed

Aug 1, 2018

To disclose

23 weeks

Affected

469state residents only

Confidence

64%

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Doyle & Associates, P.C. notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident discovered on February 21, 2018. Malicious encryption affected network files, potentially exposing client names, addresses, SSNs, and tax/wage data. The FBI and IRS/CI were notified. Affected individuals received one year of credit monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 weeks / 161 days

Feb 21, 2018

Discovered

Aug 1, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed469 affectedView incident

Name: DOYLE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
norm: doyle associates
Domain: doylecpa.net

Name: DOYLE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
norm: doyle associates
Domain: doylecpa.net
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 469state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation unit (IRS/CI)

During the incident: Disabled the affected server
Launched an internal investigation
Retained a leading forensics firm to perform an independent investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigation unit (IRS/CI)
Secured the services of a credit and identity monitoring company, Kroll, to provide services at no cost to you for one year
Changes made: Taken steps to enhance the security of the network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 weeks(161 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Doyle-Associates.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2018
Raw hash: 0a8081080572fb3f7a144d351b5bffb8cba746ca8fa0f41892fb123ad4f8233f

Reporting entityDOYLE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC

Victim entityDOYLE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2018

Stated responseDisabled the affected server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov