HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIMediumContained

H & R BLOCK, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 9, 2024

Filed

Nov 27, 2024

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

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

H&R Block notified Vermont consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized third party used stolen PII to access client accounts between May 13 and August 7, 2024. The incident involved names, SSNs, and financial data. H&R Block terminated access, engaged forensic experts, and offered 24 months of identity protection services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday16 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 88 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 110 days

May 13, 2024

Begins

Aug 9, 2024

Discovered

Nov 27, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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

Indiana State AGbd_d4d8c3b9ab8bdff62024-11-26 · +1dVerified

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

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

Discovered: Aug 9, 2024
Breach occurred: May 13, 2024 – Aug 7, 2024
Undetected for: 88 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 26, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party experts to assist with the investigation
Terminated the unauthorized access
Took proactive measures designed to limit future unauthorized access
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Offering 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Providing a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Providing fully managed id theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(110 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGNov 26 · first

Vermont State AG+1d · this page

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/2024-11-27-hrb-tax-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 27, 2024
Raw hash: f7bc1a9afb548423f869454f9302c9425bb8449717d86b67304c9cd0c11f70f2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityH & R BLOCK, INC.

Victim entityH & R BLOCK, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 9, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party experts to assist with the investigation

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov