Chiorini, Hunt & Jacobs, Certified Public Accountants

Name of Entity
Chiorini, Hunt & Jacobs, Certified Public Accountants
Organization Type
Businesses-Financial and Insurance Services
Address

Santa Cruz, CA
United States

Description
"What Happened? On September 27, 2017, we became aware that some clients received an e-mail that appeared to be from DavidJacobs, but it was not. All firm email credentials were immediately changed and we began an investigation into the matter, including hiring a third-party IT firm. After a thorough investigation, the IT firm has determined that the david@chj.com email account credentials were compromised and used on July 1, 2017 and September 27, 2017, to  access our externally hosted email server. The attacker had access to email boxes for david@chj.com, elaina@chj.comand vanessa@chj.com. Because of this breach, we are notifying you out of an abundance of caution. However please note there was no access to our internal network, servers, or the data within those systems. What Information Was Involved? Any information received from or sent to david@chj.com, elaina@chj.com and vanessa@chj.com may have beencompromised. In some cases this could have included a copy of a tax return which involves your full name, birthdate,telephone number(s), address, Social Security number, or W-2s, 1099s and various other tax related documents, anddirect deposit bank account information includingrouting numbers and account numbers if provided to us.Despite the use of encrypted password protected email attachments since 2011, your data still could have been compromised."
Date of Breach
01/01/2017