PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

H & R BLOCK, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 21, 2018

Filed

May 9, 2018

To disclose

18 days

Affected

2,655state residents only

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for H & R BLOCK, INC. →10 incidents on file

H&R Block (McSwain, LLC) reported the theft of documents containing client PII (names, SSNs, addresses) from a transport vehicle in Auburn, WA. 2,655 Washington residents were affected. The incident was discovered on April 21, 2018, and notifications were sent on May 9, 2018. 12 months of identity protection was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 days

Apr 21, 2018

Discovered

May 9, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,655 affectedView incident

Name: H & R BLOCK, INC.
norm: h r block

Name: H & R BLOCK, INC.
norm: h r block
Also named: McSwain, LLCdba oflegal entity
H&R Blockdba oftrade name
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 21, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 9, 2018
Affected individuals: 2,655state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Financial account numberSocial Security numberName
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Federal Way Police Department

During the incident: Notified the Federal Way Police Department
Cooperating with their investigation
Arranged for 12 months of identity protection under the AllClear ID Pro at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 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/BreachM9571.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 9, 2018
Raw hash: 59363aaa681a3e50934999b45522b6d576d04ccb3342987f8bacdfabd7838d3b

Reporting entityH & R BLOCK, INC.

Victim entityH & R BLOCK, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 21, 2018

Stated responseNotified the Federal Way Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com