HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumContained

Blucora, Inc. (TaxAct)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 8, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Blucora, Inc. (TaxAct) →

Blucora, Inc. (TaxAct) notified Montana residents that an unauthorized third party accessed TaxAct accounts between November 10 and December 4, 2015, using credentials obtained from external sources. Affected data included names, SSNs, addresses, driver's license numbers, bank account info, and tax returns. Accounts were disabled and free credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

Nov 10, 2015

Begins

Jan 8, 2016

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_6193c6decc08083b2016-01-12 · +4dVerified

Name: Blucora, Inc. (TaxAct)
norm: blucora inc taxact

Name: Blucora, Inc. (TaxAct)
norm: blucora inc taxact
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2015 – Dec 4, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Temporarily disabled affected accounts
Offered free credit monitoring and restoration services through ID Experts
Changes made: Implemented security measures to prevent unauthorized access from recurring
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJan 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Blucora.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2016
Raw hash: aa94388af598588c011ed17b2e3eb3564948a57a3ded9409a987736f2733ebec

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBlucora, Inc. (TaxAct)

Victim entityBlucora, Inc. (TaxAct)

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTemporarily disabled affected accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov