HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen 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

—

Affected

55state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Optima Tax Relief →4 incidents on file

Optima Tax Relief LLC submitted a supplemental data breach report to the Nebraska Attorney General regarding an incident affecting 55 Nebraska residents. Unauthorized access occurred between May 1 and May 6, 2025, resulting in the exfiltration of names, Social Security numbers, and financial/payment card data. Optima notified law enforcement, engaged forensic investigators, and mailed notification letters offering one year of credit monitoring services provided by Kroll.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

Incident timeline

May 1, 2025

Begins

May 1, 2025

Discovered

Nov 18, 2025

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by chaos about this victim predates this filing by 164 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_b69ec11711d00f902025-11-18Candidate
Texas State AGbd_732478d49739a61c2025-11-19 · +1dVerified

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

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

Discovered: May 1, 2025
Breach occurred: May 1, 2025 – May 6, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 20, 2025
Affected individuals: 55state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Submitted supplemental report to Nebraska Attorney General's office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent IT security and forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with an investigation
Mailed notification letters to affected Nebraska residents
Offered a complimentary, one-year subscription to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center for notified individuals
Changes made: Reviewing its safeguards and the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Maine State AGNov 18 · first

Nebraska State AGNov 18 · first · this page

Texas State AG+1d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/fd608f78-5b7f-49f2-a798-855af7ba3d00.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: a166fec438b61e6f7accd7aa0c5822567d4d1b0dd45ca1ba381fd2976eb4f77d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOptima Tax Relief

Victim entityOptima Tax Relief

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2025

Stated responseEngaged independent IT security and forensic investigators

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov