MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedWire FraudIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Anthony & Dodge PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 21, 2025

Filed

Apr 30, 2025

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Anthony & Dodge PC →

Anthony & Dodge PC experienced a data breach after an employee opened a malicious video conference invitation from a prospective client, which downloaded malware. The unauthorized actor accessed client tax preparation files in CCH Access between Feb 21-22, 2025, and filed four fraudulent tax returns. Affected data includes names, SSNs, and financial account information. The firm disabled access, engaged forensics, notified the IRS and FBI, and offered credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Feb 21, 2025

Begins

Feb 21, 2025

Discovered

Apr 30, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_19f63777e2969f412025-05-01 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dccc72ad0896db012025-05-01 · +1dVerified

Name: Anthony & Dodge PC
norm: anthony dodge

Name: Anthony & Dodge PC
norm: anthony dodge
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2025
Breach occurred: Feb 21, 2025 – Feb 22, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.001 Spearphishing AttachmentT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted the cybersecurity division of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)Filed a report with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”)
Initial access: phishing_attachment

During the incident: Disabled both the computer and the perpetrator’s access to CCH AccessTM
Retained outside privacy counsel
Engaged a third-party experts to conduct the digital forensic investigation
Contacted the cybersecurity division of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to implement safeguards
Provided the IRS the information necessary to activate the IRS’s advanced fraud detection and prevention system, called Return Integrity Compliance Services (“RICS”)
Offering you access to credit monitoring and identify restoration services for <<12/24>> months at no cost to you, through Experian
Filed a report with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”)
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Vermont State AGApr 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-04-30-anthony-dodge-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 30, 2025
Raw hash: a5bffd3c4a2692d2e022a8fb184120385d6017615a7a01215d031d0b85246309

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAnthony & Dodge PC

Victim entityAnthony & Dodge PC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2025

Stated responseDisabled both the computer and the perpetrator’s access to CCH AccessTM

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov