MalwareProfessional ServicesFinancial ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

Daniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2024

Filed

May 21, 2024

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Daniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA →

Daniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack discovered on Jan 11, 2024. The attacker gained unauthorized network access. Potential data exposure includes names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account details. The firm restored systems from offsite backups, changed passwords, and implemented 2FA. Affected individuals are offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 131 days

Jan 11, 2024

Discovered

May 21, 2024

Filed

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This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2c54293e4b0482a32024-05-21Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_259ff1ae0fbb59762024-05-22 · +1dVerified

Name: Daniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA
norm: daniel e fitzgerald cpa

Name: Daniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA
norm: daniel e fitzgerald cpa
Industry: Professional ServicesllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working with the appropriate agencies on your behalf such as the IRS
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Worked with IT consultants to investigate the breach
Take the affected systems offline
Institute corrective measures to prevent further unauthorized access
Restored our network using a backup system located offsite
Immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices have been implemented
All network passwords have been changed
Two-step authentication has been implemented for online system access
Working with the appropriate agencies on your behalf such as the IRS
Changes made: Immediate enhancements to our systems, security, and practices have been implemented to prevent unauthorized access in the future
All network passwords have been changed
Two-step authentication has been implemented for online system access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(131 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGMay 21 · first

Montana State AGMay 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1415.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 21, 2024
Raw hash: 9cfc12509a398ac82f59ffe57c4bab65b54e41cd2bd0faadedf4e8d5227abcf0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDaniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA

Victim entityDaniel E. Fitzgerald, CPA

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2024

Stated responseWorked with IT consultants to investigate the breach

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov