HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Next Generation Tax and Accounting

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 15, 2016

Filed

Apr 6, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Next Generation Tax and Accounting →

Next Generation Tax and Accounting notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to its server by a third-party IT vendor on Feb 15, 2016. Compromised data included names, addresses, SSNs, and potentially DOB and bank account numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, reset passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 51 days

Feb 15, 2016

Begins

Feb 15, 2016

Discovered

Apr 6, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Next Generation Tax and Accounting
norm: next generation tax and accounting

Name: Next Generation Tax and Accounting
norm: next generation tax and accounting
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 15, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 15, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 20, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Montana Office of Consumer Protection
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained an independent computer forensic firm to analyze the extent of the intrusion
Changed the password to the impacted server
Provided 12-month membership of Experian’s ProtectMyID® Alert at no cost
Established a dedicated toll-free response line
Changes made: Implementation of two-factor authentication
Monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(51 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/Next-Generation-Tax-and-Accounting.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2016
Raw hash: 079f879cc440ac52acb5fa4bd3ec3e2d373510236cff8fea99e19ce6687cc44c

Reporting entityNext Generation Tax and Accounting

Victim entityNext Generation Tax and Accounting

Incidentdiscovered Feb 15, 2016

Stated responseRetained an independent computer forensic firm to analyze the extent of the intrusion

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov