HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Optima Tax Relief

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2025

Filed

Nov 18, 2025

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

43state residents only

Linked

13 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Optima Tax Relief →3 incidents on file

Optima Tax Relief, LLC reported a supplemental data breach affecting 43 New Hampshire residents. Unauthorized access occurred between May 1 and May 6, 2025, when an external actor accessed the network and downloaded files containing names, Social Security numbers, and financial account/payment card numbers. The company identified unusual activity on May 1, 2025, secured the network, and engaged forensic investigators. This filing updates a previous August 2025 report with additional affected residents. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d29 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 201 days

May 1, 2025

Begins

May 1, 2025

Discovered

Nov 18, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by chaos about this victim was first seen 165 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_5ed7546d2061c68f2025-11-18Verified by operator
California State AGbd_69a180df6f948f5b2025-11-18Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b69ec11711d00f902025-11-18Verified by operator
Texas State AGbd_732478d49739a61c2025-11-19 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 95d gap

Vermont State AGbd_62aaea630cfa14722025-10-20 · +29dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_3768bffb0edc5f082025-08-15 · +95dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_39c154fb85316aa52025-08-15 · +95dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_5b9401b4574966fa2025-08-15 · +95dVerified
California State AGbd_927b5d2155022b912025-08-15 · +95dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_babcc562990897b22025-08-15 · +95dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Optima Tax Relief
norm: optima tax relief
Domain: optimataxrelief.com

Name: Optima Tax Relief
norm: optima tax relief
Domain: optimataxrelief.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 1, 2025
Breach occurred: May 1, 2025 – May 6, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 18, 2025
Affected individuals: 43state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Submitted initial report to NH Attorney General on August 15, 2025Submitted supplemental report to NH Attorney General on November 18, 2025

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Commenced an investigation
Engaged independent IT security and forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement
Offered complimentary, one-year subscription to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Reviewing its safeguards and the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(201 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGAug 15 · first

Maine State AGAug 15 · first

Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

California State AGAug 15 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 15 · first

Vermont State AG+66d

Nebraska State AG+95d

California State AG+95d

Maine State AG+95d

New Hampshire State AG+95d · this page

Texas State AG+96d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (MA), last Nov 19 (TX) — a 96-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/optima-tax-relief-20251118.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 18, 2025
Raw hash: 98dddeba0222b1b2bebb099ca5c3d9af29a869a252f588a468d3ce62dce745e7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOptima Tax Relief

Victim entityOptima Tax Relief

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov