Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Kemper CPA Group

bd_e27198f904fde447 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 17, 2020

Filed

Feb 18, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

11state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Kemper CPA Group →

Kemper CPA Group LLP notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to a team member's email account on December 17, 2020. The incident involved phishing leading to credential compromise and email collection. Potentially affected data included names and other personal information. The company engaged forensic specialists, secured the account, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Dec 17, 2020

Begins

Dec 17, 2020

Discovered

Feb 18, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

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

Indiana State AGbd_c24558fc645db2fd2021-02-18Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c704ceb399f69cbd2021-02-18Verified

Name: Kemper CPA Group
norm: kemper cpa

Name: Kemper CPA Group
norm: kemper cpa
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 17, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 17, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 11state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Engaged a third-party computer forensic specialist
Performed a comprehensive review of all information stored in the email account
Conducted a thorough manual review of our records
Implemented additional technical security measures
Offering complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through TransUnion for 24 months
Changes made: Implemented additional technical security measures
Frequently conduct email security training with all team members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 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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Indiana State AGFeb 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 18 · first

Montana State AGFeb 18 · 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/Kemper-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 18, 2021
Raw hash: 49dfc611d5d9c74bcecd58020b9c1b02307b658c08086f47b2c99b9284917bc9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKemper CPA Group

Victim entityKemper CPA Group

Incidentdiscovered Dec 17, 2020

Stated responseSecured the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov