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

Biggs Cardosa Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2024

Filed

Apr 23, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Biggs Cardosa Associates →

Biggs Cardosa and Associates notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on March 20, 2024, involving unauthorized access to personal information including names, SSNs, and financial account data. The company engaged forensic investigators, disabled accounts, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Mar 20, 2024

Discovered

Apr 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteblacksuitbd_f8f9fba6d75f6fdc2024-04-15 · +7dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a704c9d1dd40706f2024-04-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d1a8f22b64d109022024-04-23Verified by operator

Name: Biggs Cardosa Associates
norm: biggs cardosa associates
Domain: biggscardosa.com

Name: Biggs Cardosa Associates
norm: biggs cardosa associates
Domain: biggscardosa.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 23, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further
Disabled all relevant accounts
Worked with third-party specialists to confirm the security of our environment
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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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California State AGApr 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 23 · first

Montana State AGApr 23 · 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1300.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 23, 2024
Raw hash: 3c8641557be0b069d2de7d791e3373a7cc4dc21d882d4d34e0a380203b2dfed5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBiggs Cardosa Associates

Victim entityBiggs Cardosa Associates

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2024

Stated responseEngaged forensic specialists in cybersecurity and data privacy to investigate further

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov