HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 1, 2022

Filed

Jul 6, 2022

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC →

Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC notified Montana residents of a data breach discovered on February 1, 2022, involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account. The incident exposed personal information including names. The firm secured the account, engaged forensic investigators, and offered complimentary identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Feb 1, 2022

Discovered

Jul 6, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1a35ffaa7749184c2022-07-06Verified

Name: Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC
norm: kinkead stilz

Name: Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC
norm: kinkead stilz
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 1, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 6, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the email account to prevent any further unauthorized access
Engaged a forensic security firm to investigate the incident and confirm the security of our email and computer systems
Offering complimentary identity theft protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 6 · first

Montana State AGJul 6 · 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-378.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2022
Raw hash: cb69ca36af1a5dafb6e4d4f38e98c0e660070e17364acb21985d514d66b1aebc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKinkead & Stilz, PLLC

Victim entityKinkead & Stilz, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2022

Stated responseSecured the email account to prevent any further unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov