DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Update on the Clark & Anderson, P.A. breach

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Dissent

On September 23, I reported on an unencrypted backup drive stolen from an accounting firm employee’s vehicle:

A Maryland accounting firm had to notify 2,906 Maryland residents after an unencrypted backup drive was stolen from an employee’s car at his home.

The theft occurred on August 4, but Clark & Anderson, P.A. didn’t learn of it until August 8.  In a letter dated August 30 to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, they indicated that they were starting to notify affected individuals.

[…]

Today I can add the names of their Maryland clients affected by this breach. Links below go to their reports to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office:

  • Air Technologies
  • Allegeon Consulting & Training Services (Part 2) (Part 3)
  • Anne Arundel County Fraternal Order of Police Maryland Lodge #70
  • Argos Properties LLC
  • Baltimore Lock & Hardware
  • Bonnie Branch Woods Development
  • C&R Electric
  • Circle Machine Service
  • City Imports Ltd.
  • Coburn Chemicals
  • Condor Commercial Construction
  • deBorja & Perez-Alard, P.A. (Part 2) (Part 3)
  • Eagle Cove School
  • Eastern Pile Driving, LLC
  • Eugene P. Nepa
  • Glen Burnie Improvement Association
  • GP South, Inc.
  • Hugh L. Thomas 
  • Jack J. Schmerling
  • Jay P. Kimmel
  • John E. Brewis
  • John K. Gardner P.A.
  • Kelly’s Royal Tile Company
  • Lauren Maddox (Part 2) (Part 3)
  • Lessans, Praley & McCormick
  • Michele K. Peterson
  • New Era Sales
  • Northern Bay Environmental Systems
  • O.T. Neighoff & Sons Inc.
  • Pasadena Hardware
  • Pasadena Jewelers
  • Pasadena Yacht Yard
  • Road Safety, LLC (Part 2)
  • Ronald W. Johnson Associates
  • Schillinger’s Farm Inc. (Pappa John’s)
  • Singleton Funeral & Cremation Services
  • The Coordinating Center
  • Title Rite Services
  • Ventnor Marine Service
  • William J Trepp DDS P.A.
  • Wood Floors Plus (Part 2)
  • Words &Numbers

Pretty much all of the above sent notification letters based on what Clark & Anderson had provided for them to use. From the ones I skimmed, they didn’t offer their employees or recipients any credit monitoring services. Interestingly, perhaps, three of the affected firms referred to Clark & Anderson as their “former” accounting firm in their reports to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. Whether the “former” relationship is as a result of the breach was not indicated, but was Clark & Anderson retaining data from then-former clients on a portable device, or were they still clients at the time?

A copy of Clark & Anderson’s notification letter to clients was also uploaded on Vermont Attorney General’s site, but there is no information as to how many individuals in Vermont were affected. The breach was not reported to New Hampshire by Clark & Anderson, nor to California.

I also discovered that the laptop was subsequently recovered on October 3, but I do not know the circumstances surrounding the recovery or whether forensic examination was able to determine if the data had been accessed.

[Correction: A previous version of this post incorrectly referenced a stolen laptop. It was a backup drive. ]

 

Related posts:

  • Connexin Software notifies parents of 2.2 million pediatric patients of hack
  • Clark & Anderson accounting firm notifies thousands after unencrypted backup drive stolen from employee’s car
Category: Business SectorTheftU.S.

Post navigation

← Washington University in St. Louis notifies business partners after laptop with unencrypted PII stolen
Wichita man believes identity thief was medical billing employee →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024
  • Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
  • Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
  • Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
  • Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
  • CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme
  • Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni
  • Detaining Hackers Before the Crime? Tamil Nadu’s Supreme Court Approves Preventive Custody for Cyber Offenders
  • Potential Cyberattack Scrambles Columbia University Computer Systems
  • 222,000 customer records allegedly from Manhattan Parking Group leaked

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina
  • European Commission publishes its plan to enable more effective law enforcement access to data
  • Sacred Secrets: The Biblical Case for Privacy and Data Protection
  • Microsoft’s Departing Privacy Chief Calls for Regulator Outreach
  • Nestle USA Settles Suit Over Job-Application Medical Questions

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.