Social EngineeringProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesPhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 15, 2021

Filed

Feb 16, 2022

To disclose

35 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC →

Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC notified Montana residents that an unauthorized individual accessed an employee's email account between June 8 and June 15, 2021. The investigation concluded on January 20, 2022, revealing that full names and government identifiers (SSN) were compromised. The firm engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and offered one year of Equifax Credit Watch Gold to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 35 weeks / 246 days

Jun 8, 2021

Begins

Jun 15, 2021

Discovered

Feb 16, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_09303074b1c16a372022-02-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_4b602336e640f2a02022-02-16Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_5d6776c9363b52312022-02-18 · +2dVerified

Name: Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC
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Name: Murray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC
norm: murray josephson cpas
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 8, 2021 – Jun 15, 2021
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 35 weeks(246 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGFeb 16 · first

Maine State AGFeb 16 · first

Montana State AGFeb 16 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+2d

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-225.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 16, 2022
Raw hash: 2cb96974c2d0d7efbfb43522e7dd8089be16dcd56984bc30724dbf8270c06791

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMurray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC

Victim entityMurray & Josephson, CPAs, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 15, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov