HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen 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

—

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Optima Tax Relief LLC reported a cybersecurity incident to the Nebraska Attorney General. Unauthorized access occurred between May 1 and May 6, 2025. The breach affected 5 Nebraska residents, exposing names, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and/or payment card numbers. Optima engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and began mailing notifications on August 15, 2025, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

Incident timeline

May 1, 2025

Begins

May 1, 2025

Discovered

Aug 15, 2025

Filed

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 69 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitechaosbd_4874d7e034f4c6c62025-06-06 · +69dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_3768bffb0edc5f082025-08-15Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_39c154fb85316aa52025-08-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_5b9401b4574966fa2025-08-15Verified
California State AGbd_927b5d2155022b912025-08-15Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 95d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_f444935c9c21934f2025-08-15Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_62aaea630cfa14722025-10-20 · +66dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_3a3100a8186bd9fc2025-11-18 · +95dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_69a180df6f948f5b2025-11-18 · +95dVerified 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: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 1, 2025
Breach occurred: May 1, 2025 – May 6, 2025
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 15, 2025
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Nebraska Attorney General's Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged independent IT security and forensic investigators
Secured its network
Notified law enforcement and is cooperating with an investigation
Began mailing notification letters via United States Postal Service First-Class mail
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Offered a complimentary, one-year subscription to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Kroll
Reviewing its safeguards and the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 · 9 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 15 · first

Maine State AGAug 15 · first

Indiana State AGAug 15 · first

California State AGAug 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 15 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 15 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+66d

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://nebraska.gov/ago/data-breach/documents/c0c2b6f8-9866-4c00-8191-5bf18514d076.pdf
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: d62263c46e444d44ad0ac6ba6f1a42bc8e7a2bb39e73f1ffaf56421478fbba36

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 responseEngaged independent IT security and forensic investigators

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancenebraska.gov