HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

RINA Accountants & Advisors

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2022

Filed

Oct 31, 2022

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RINA Accountants & Advisors →

RINA Accountants & Advisors notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident affecting 9 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred between Feb 28 and Jun 6, 2022. Data included names, SSNs, and financial account numbers. RINA retained cybersecurity experts, reported to FBI/IRS/FTB, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 62 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Feb 28, 2022

Begins

May 1, 2022

Discovered

Oct 31, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_d1816d9a6976ecf62022-10-31Verified
California State AGbd_8c90e34845e6e3e12022-12-17 · +47dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_ff45d2a11fefa6072022-08-18 · +74dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5aaceafeaa39e6ff2022-08-02 · +90dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 94d gap

California State AGbd_cbd4b68b21568be82022-08-01 · +91dVerified
Montana State AGbd_4572a6ef775dbabc2022-07-29 · +94dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_ee5969ec96317d162022-07-29 · +94dVerified

Name: RINA Accountants & Advisors
norm: rina accountants advisors

Name: RINA Accountants & Advisors
norm: rina accountants advisors
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 1, 2022
Breach occurred: Feb 28, 2022 – Jun 6, 2022
Undetected for: 62 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationReported the incident to the Internal Revenue ServiceReported the incident to the California Franchise Tax Board
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained cybersecurity experts to assist RINA with determining the cause of the fraudulent filings and whether there had been unauthorized access to RINA’s network
Notified all potentially impacted clients of the incident
Offered free credit and identity monitoring services
Established a toll-free call center through Epiq to answer questions about the incident
Offering twelve months of complimentary credit and identity monitoring services
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help ensure the security of its systems
Implemented enhanced security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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Montana State AGJul 29 · first

Indiana State AGJul 29 · first

California State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Delaware State AG+20d

Maine State AG+94d

New Hampshire State AG+94d · this page

California State AG+141d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (MT), last Dec 17 (CA) — a 141-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/rina-accountants-advisors-20221031.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 31, 2022
Raw hash: b389cef96f64936a97c323cb571acf32b944e4a241238c0c43173c13cd225f86

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRINA Accountants & Advisors

Victim entityRINA Accountants & Advisors

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2022

Stated responseRetained cybersecurity experts to assist RINA with determining the cause of the fraudulent filings and whether there had been unauthorized access to RINA’s network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov