PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHighContained

The Tax Shack

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 1, 2016

Filed

Jun 13, 2016

To disclose

12 days

Affected

1,000state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for The Tax Shack →

The Tax Shack Inc reported a burglary at its Washington place of business between May 27 and June 1, 2016. A safety deposit box and petty cash were stolen. While no evidence of data theft was found, client PII (SSN, DOB, bank account numbers) may have been accessible. 1,000 Washington residents were notified.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 12 days

May 27, 2016

Begins

Jun 1, 2016

Discovered

Jun 13, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,000 affectedView incident

Name: The Tax Shack
norm: the tax shack
Domain: taxshackinc.com

Name: The Tax Shack
norm: the tax shack
Domain: taxshackinc.com
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2016
Breach occurred: May 27, 2016 – Jun 1, 2016
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 13, 2016
Affected individuals: 1,000state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Date of birthFinancial account numberSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General’s Office

During the incident: Filed an official report with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department
Hired a private investigator who is conducting an on-going investigation of the matter
Changes made: Added bars to both the inside and outside of our only window
Added additional locking cabinets for our files
Added even more protocols to safeguard electronic data
Looking into a surveillance system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 days from discovery to filing)
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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9626.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 13, 2016
Raw hash: a8abd33fc10e64d1ea2fcde8604d395013ed755e7cefe23e9ce1c1ac816cb04a

Reporting entityThe Tax Shack

Victim entityThe Tax Shack

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2016

Stated responseFiled an official report with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com