HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Optima Tax Relief

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2025

Filed

Aug 15, 2025

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Optima Tax Relief →3 incidents on file

Optima Tax Relief, LLC reported 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. Affected individuals were offered identity monitoring services. The incident involved customer data, including names and potentially government IDs and financial account information.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d15 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 106 days

May 1, 2025

Begins

May 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 15, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by chaos about this victim was first seen 70 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3768bffb0edc5f082025-08-15Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_39c154fb85316aa52025-08-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5b9401b4574966fa2025-08-15Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_babcc562990897b22025-08-15Verified by operator

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Vermont State AGbd_62aaea630cfa14722025-10-20 · +66dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_3a3100a8186bd9fc2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
Nebraska State AGbd_5ed7546d2061c68f2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_69a180df6f948f5b2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b69ec11711d00f902025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
Texas State AGbd_732478d49739a61c2025-11-19 · +96dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

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 with independent IT security and forensic investigators
Notified law enforcement and will cooperate with an investigation
Offering identity monitoring services provided by Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing our safeguards and the security of our systems to help prevent a similar incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(106 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
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 · 11 filings · 8 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 15 · first

Maine State AGAug 15 · first

Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 15 · first

California State AGAug 15 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+66d

New Hampshire State AG+95d

Nebraska State AG+95d

California State AG+95d

Maine State AG+95d

Texas State AG+96d

Pattern: first filing Aug 15 (MA), last Nov 19 (TX) — a 96-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-607156
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 15, 2025
Raw hash: 42a65ac018e9b2eeba9b4c469dfc039bff2fb73c5ac45c3eecbc975df526bb9e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOptima Tax Relief

Victim entityOptima Tax Relief

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov