Nakawatase & Kaminsky, CPAs, LLP

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Nakawatase & Kaminsky, CPAs, LLP on February 3, 2017. The breach, which affected the Lacerte tax system, was confirmed to have occurred on October 31, November 1, November 5, and November 8 in 2016, potentially compromising personal and financial information of clients, including Social Security numbers. The number of individuals affected is estimated to be more than four, as four fraudulent tax returns were reported.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-66191

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hnk-cpas

"id": "hnk604080425",
"linkid": "hnk-cpas",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'More than four',
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Nakawatase & Kaminsky, CPAs, LLP',
                        'type': 'Accounting Firm'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'More than four',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
                                              'financial information',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2017-02-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-02-03',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Nakawatase & Kaminsky, CPAs, LLP on February '
                '3, 2017. The breach, which affected the Lacerte tax system, '
                'was confirmed to have occurred on October 31, November 1, '
                'November 5, and November 8 in 2016, potentially compromising '
                'personal and financial information of clients, including '
                'Social Security numbers. The number of individuals affected '
                'is estimated to be more than four, as four fraudulent tax '
                'returns were reported.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['personal information',
                                 'financial information',
                                 'Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Lacerte tax system']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-02-03',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Nakawatase & Kaminsky, CPAs, LLP',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}