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Frobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 21, 2019

Filed

Feb 20, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Frobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C. →

Frobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C. notified individuals of a phishing incident compromising a single employee email account. Unauthorized access occurred between Sept 23 and Oct 21, 2019. The firm engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured the account, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks. Data types included PII and credentials. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 122 days

Sep 23, 2019

Begins

Oct 21, 2019

Discovered

Feb 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_03b5b13e4e48a98b2020-02-20Verified
Indiana State AGbd_25c544da1bdc3a042020-02-20Verified

Name: Frobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C.
norm: frobenius conaway

Name: Frobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C.
norm: frobenius conaway
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 21, 2019
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2019 – Oct 21, 2019
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIICredentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Began an investigation with the assistance of a cybersecurity firm
Conducted a comprehensive review of the emails and attachments in the account
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(122 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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Massachusetts State AGFeb 20 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 20 · first

Montana State AGFeb 20 · 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/Breach-NotificationDetails-120.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2020
Raw hash: 0674df0589d8b047d94fda5bc2d8d54c8bf4ac926218481f19cc44c2fe23922c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFrobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C.

Victim entityFrobenius, Conaway & Company, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 21, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov