HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Optima Tax Relief

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2025

Filed

Oct 20, 2025

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Optima Tax Relief, LLC notified consumers that an unauthorized person accessed its network between May 1 and May 6, 2025, and downloaded files containing personal information. The company identified unusual activity on May 1, 2025, and engaged forensic investigators. Data types affected likely include names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information. The company is offering identity monitoring services through Kroll.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday25 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 172 days

May 1, 2025

Begins

May 1, 2025

Discovered

Oct 20, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by chaos about this victim predates this filing by 135 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitechaosbd_4874d7e034f4c6c62025-06-06 · +135dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3a3100a8186bd9fc2025-11-18 · +29dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_69a180df6f948f5b2025-11-18 · +29dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_3768bffb0edc5f082025-08-15 · +66dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_39c154fb85316aa52025-08-15 · +66dVerified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 66d gap

Indiana State AGbd_5b9401b4574966fa2025-08-15 · +66dVerified
California State AGbd_927b5d2155022b912025-08-15 · +66dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_babcc562990897b22025-08-15 · +66dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_f444935c9c21934f2025-08-15 · +66dVerified by operator

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: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
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: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Commenced an investigation
Engaged independent IT security and forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement
Offering identity monitoring services provided by Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing our safeguards and the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(172 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 7 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

New Hampshire State AGAug 15 · first

Vermont State AG+66d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+95d

California State AG+95d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (MA), last Nov 18 (CA) — a 95-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-10-20-optima-tax-relief-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2025
Raw hash: b3d3f0523360b5bf83e592e2447130775386d1109a092ad659c18d318a7005fc

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOptima Tax Relief

Victim entityOptima Tax Relief

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov