MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedRansom PaidSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountGovernment IDLowContained

Perkins & Co.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 3, 2020

Filed

May 27, 2022

To disclose

18 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

24 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Perkins & Co, a Portland-based accounting firm, notified Delaware AG of a ransomware incident involving third-party vendor Netgain. Between Nov 8 and Dec 3, 2020, attackers accessed, encrypted, and exfiltrated client files. Netgain paid the ransom and recovered files. The breach exposed client names and variable data elements. Perkins reported to the IRS and state authorities, offered credit monitoring, and Netgain implemented enhanced security controls.

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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 24 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Netgain Networks supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_610cc7cd82ffe1fc2022-05-27Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b09bf7a0d1084a492022-05-27Verified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f2d5e0dbc45e8b312022-05-27Verified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_ba5d30aabab3a1412022-05-26 · +1dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_74b4a2c65ecffaf02022-06-03 · +7dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_a5e34a8d20612f032022-08-12 · +77dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_93170f27b6189a1f2022-08-15 · +80dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_1082f5dc91ef0c192022-10-03 · +129dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_e7f5945f3e1b9bfe2022-10-07 · +133dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_34547222686041932021-05-04 · +388dVerified

Showing first 10 of 23 linked disclosures.

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)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this incident to the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as applicable state data privacy regulatory authorities
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
Offered you access to complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services through IDX for a period of twelve (12) / twenty-four (24) months
Changes made: Netgain has taken steps to further safeguard against future threats, including 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: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

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Oregon State AGMay 4 · first

Delaware State AG+387d

Maine State AG+388d

Oregon State AG+388d

Delaware State AG+388d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+395d

Maine State AG+465d

New Hampshire State AG+468d

Maine State AG+517d

New Hampshire State AG+521d

Pattern: first filing May 4 (OR), last Oct 7 (NH) — a 521-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 23 — the full spread may be wider.

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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2022/06/Pages-from-Perkins-Initial-Notice-of-Data-Event-DE.pdf
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: f1e3dcdf3eeff04125cfb550a6bbcbfc8b9417bbfde0b4ac08a3f21f3fd85946

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPerkins & Co.

Victim entityPerkins & Co.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 3, 2020

Stated responseEngaged outside cybersecurity specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov