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

Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2018

Filed

Nov 12, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc →

Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA’s PS Inc notified NH AG that an unauthorized third party accessed client data (SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts) for the 2015 tax year. Incident discovered Sept 27, 2018. 3 NH residents affected. Forensics, legal counsel, and law enforcement (FBI) engaged. 12 months credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Sep 27, 2018

Discovered

Nov 12, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_b4ee0eae193190a72018-11-12Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ee296f2b5642ae322018-11-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_8241a08ca3bfe2d82018-11-07 · +5dCandidate

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Collier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc
norm: collier heggerness bronk cpa s ps
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 7, 2018
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Retained a digital forensics firm and legal counsel
Changed passwords for all devices
Reported the matter to local law enforcement and the FBI
Changes made: Offering credit monitoring services for 12 months through AllClear ID at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 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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Montana State AGNov 7 · first

Washington State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MT), last Nov 12 (NH) — a 5-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/collier-heggerness-bronk-20181112.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 12, 2018
Raw hash: da7a0b1b3ed481b2c9b66331c5cbaae17e805d92f6d1dbdee3b2a46497670830

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityCollier Heggerness & Bronk CPA's PS Inc

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2018

Stated responseRetained a digital forensics firm and legal counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov