Our takeMercadien, P.C. CPAs notified the California Attorney General of a data breach. That's a legal disclosure, not a press story — details follow. Worth a direct question if they're in your vendor stack.Security Resilience desk
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What this means for you — Security leader:Map Mercadien, P.C. CPAs against your vendor inventory; a state AG filing is sufficient basis for a formal information request.
What this means for you — Lean IT orgs:If Mercadien, P.C. CPAs is a supplier or platform you use, email them asking whether your data was involved — the filing means they must answer seriously.
What this means for you — MSP:Check client stacks for Mercadien, P.C. CPAs dependencies and brief affected clients before the consumer letters land.
What this means for you — Researcher:State-AG notices are primary-source confirmation; filing date vs. incident date is the disclosure-lag datapoint worth recording.