HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumActive

Shapiro Tax Group LLP

bd_21e590057939eabf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 13, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Shapiro Tax Group LLP →

Shapiro Tax Group LLP notified the California Attorney General of a data breach involving the compromise of an email account, resulting in data theft. The incident occurred on March 1, 2022. Affected data may include full name, social security number, residential/business address, and email address. The investigation is ongoing. The firm has implemented additional security measures including endpoint detection, email authentication, and two-step verification.

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Incident timeline

Mar 1, 2022

Begins

Jun 13, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Shapiro Tax Group LLP
norm: shapiro tax
Domain: shapirotaxgroup.com

Name: Shapiro Tax Group LLP
norm: shapiro tax
Domain: shapirotaxgroup.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 8, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Attorney General of the breach

During the incident: Conducting a thorough review of the potentially affected records
Working closely with Geometry LA LLC, a technology consulting company, and law enforcement
Notifying the Attorney General of the breach
Changes made: Implemented Webroot SecureAnywhere: Real-time antivirus protection
Implemented Malwarebytes Endpoint Detection and Response: Enterprise threat prevention, remediation, and recovery for businesses
Implemented Email Authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC): Protects against email spoofing and improves email flow
Implemented Coro.net: Automatic email protection for phishing, malware, and ransomware
Implemented 2-Step Verification for the potentially compromised email account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-554229
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2022
Raw hash: 4166f317773d0a9f2276efd2741c1f095ef8dce88e6263d9cda6bf42ff4b9ce1

Reporting entityShapiro Tax Group LLP

Victim entityShapiro Tax Group LLP

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseConducting a thorough review of the potentially affected records

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov